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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.
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.
A littoral combat ship ... In January 2020, the Navy reported that Lockheed Martin's 150 kW High Energy Laser with Integrated Optical-dazzler and Surveillance ...
The U.S. Navy's newest combat ship, the future USS Beloit (LCS 29), at Veterans Park in Milwaukee on Thursday, Nov. 21, 2024. The 387-foot-long Freedom-variant littoral combat ship will officially ...
Nov. 6—MASSENA — The USS Marinette, a U.S. Navy littoral combat ship built by Lockheed Martin, was commissioned on Sept. 16 in Menominee, Michigan. It was en route to its homeport in Naval ...
Unit type: Littoral combat ship. Class: Freedom-class. 9. USS Lenah Sutcliffe Higbee (DDG-123) ... ©Lockheed Martin / Wikimedia Commons - Original / License. Commission date: September 16, 2023.
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.
In 2002, the US Navy began a program to develop the first of a fleet of littoral combat ships. [7] The Navy initially ordered two monohull ships from Lockheed Martin, which became known as the Freedom-class littoral combat ships after the first ship of the class, USS Freedom.