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First ships of each class of littoral combat ships, USS Freedom and USS Independence, maneuver together during an exercise off the coast of Southern California, 2011 As of December 2019 [update] , a total of 35 littoral combat ships is planned, including 16 Freedom -class ships and 19 Independence -class ships. [ 184 ]
USS Marinette (LCS-25) is a Freedom-class littoral combat ship of the United States Navy.She is the first commissioned ship, and second overall in naval service to be named after Marinette, Wisconsin (the place where it was built), the other being Marinette (YTB-791), a Natick-class large fleet tugboat.
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. Navy revealed this week that its first-built littoral combat ship, Lockheed Martin's USS Freedom, suffered a temporary loss of propulsion Saturday when first its No. 2 ship service diesel ...
The USS Detroit and USS Little Rock were decommissioned Friday. Two other Mayport LCS have been retired since August. Four more will be axed in 2025.
The initial order of littoral combat ships involved a total of four ships, including two of the Freedom-class design. [9] Indianapolis is the tenth Freedom -class littoral combat ship to be built. Indianapolis includes additional stability improvements over the original Freedom design; the stern transom was lengthened and buoyancy tanks were ...
The U.S. Navy test-launched a powerful SM-6 supersonic missile from a container mounted on its smallest type of surface warship: the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS).
USS Independence (LCS-2) is the lead ship of the Independence-class of littoral combat ships. She is the sixth ship of the United States Navy to be named for the concept of independence. The design was produced by the General Dynamics consortium for the Navy's LCS program, and competes with the Lockheed Martin–designed Freedom variant. [10]