The Alabama-based Austal has built a total of 19 Independence-class littoral combat ships for the service. The first, the ...

MOBILE, Ala. – The U.S. Navy accepted delivery of the future USS Pierre (LCS 38) from Austal USA’s shipyard in Mobile, ...

The Independence-Class Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) represents the cutting edge of naval power, combining stealth, speed, and adaptability to redefine modern naval warfare.

The Navy wants to buy 19 ships in fiscal year 2026, but delays, aging shipyards, and new threats may upset those plans.

Business Insider recently set sail aboard the destroyer USS Thomas Hudner for an overnight trip from England to France.

The ship, which cost nearly $600 million to build, is the last Independence-class LCS to be built for the Navy.

The San Diego-based littoral combat ship USS Canberra is also now in the region — notable because it's the first LCS to deploy with the long-delayed mine countermeasure mission package.

Independence class Littoral Combat Ships are suffering hull cracking in multiple locations along the hull. But that is just the tip of the problem ...

After troubled progress with the Littoral Combat Ship programme, the US Navy plans to commission USS Pierre (LCS 38) this autumn.