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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.
USS Freedom (ID-3024) was a cargo and transport ship in the United States Navy in World War I.Originally Wittekind for the North German Lloyd line, the ship also served as USAT Iroquois and USAT Freedom after being seized by the United States in 1917.
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 ...
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 George Washington Carrier Strike Group underway in the Atlantic USS Constitution under sail for the first time in 116 years on 21 July 1997 The United States Navy has approximately 470 ships in both active service and the reserve fleet; of these approximately 50 ships are proposed or scheduled for retirement by 2028, while approximately 110 new ships are in either the planning and ordering ...
Pages in category "Freedom-class littoral combat ships" The following 18 pages are in this category, out of 18 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .