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USS Freedom (LCS-1) is the lead ship of the Freedom-class littoral combat ship for the United States Navy. She is the third vessel to be so named after the concept of freedom. She is the design competitor produced by the Lockheed Martin consortium, in competition with the General Dynamics–designed USS Independence.
The Freedom class is one of two classes of the littoral combat ship program, built for the United States Navy. [20]The Freedom class was proposed by a consortium formed by Lockheed Martin as "prime contractor" and by Fincantieri (project) through the subsidiary Marinette Marine (manufacturer) as a contender for a fleet of small, multipurpose warships to operate in the littoral zone.
The U.S. trimaran USS Independence USS Freedom on sea trials in February 2013 before her first deployment. A littoral combat ship (LCS) is either of two classes of relatively small surface vessels designed for near-shore operations by the United States Navy.
Pages in category "Freedom-class littoral combat ships" The following 18 pages are in this category, out of 18 total. ... USS Milwaukee (LCS-5) USS Minneapolis-Saint ...
USS Little Rock (LCS-9) was a Freedom-class littoral combat ship (LCS) of the United States Navy. [ 1 ] [ 8 ] She is the second ship named after Little Rock , the capital city of Arkansas . [ 9 ]
USS Freedom may refer to the following ships operated by the United States Navy: USS Freedom (ID-3024), a cargo ship that served during and shortly after World War I; Freedom (IX-43), a non-commissioned auxiliary schooner that served from 1940 to 1962; USS Freedom (LCS-1), a littoral combat ship, decommissioned in 2021
USS Milwaukee (LCS-5) was a Freedom-class littoral combat ship of the United States Navy. [9] She was the fifth ship to be named for the city of Milwaukee , [ 10 ] the largest city in Wisconsin . Design
USS St. Louis (LCS-19) is a Freedom-class littoral combat ship of the United States Navy. She is the seventh ship in naval service named after St. Louis, Missouri. [8]