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The US Navy’s Final Independence-Class Littoral Combat Ship Just Set Sail
The Independence-class LCS has been re-adapted for use as a minesweeper, although there are concerns that its aluminum hull ...
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The U.S. Navy Built Two Versions of the Littoral Combat Ship. Both Were a Mess.
The Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) program is presented as a deeply flawed naval experiment. The decision to build two competing ...
US Navy techs are having to cannibalize parts of F/A-18 Super Hornets and Virginia-class submarines. A new GAO report documents data rights issues that cause repair issues and delays. The other ...
After twenty years and billions of dollars, littoral combat ships are finally performing mine countermeasures as originally planned. By Kyle Gunn Published Sep 9, 2025 3:20 PM EDT After more than two ...
MANAMA, Bahrain — Sailors at a base home to the Navy’s hub in the Middle East bid farewell Thursday to the last of their wooden-hulled mine hunting ships in a mission handoff to four larger vessels ...
Several U.S. naval ships are capable of reaching record-breaking speeds. As of this writing, the fastest U.S. Navy ship still in service is the Freedom-class littoral combat ship (LCS). Officially, it ...
The U.S. Navy recently deployed Global Autonomous Reconnaissance Craft (GARC), as well as several other unmanned systems, to ...
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