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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.
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 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.
On Friday, the Department of Defense announced that it has awarded three contracts to Cubic's Simulation Systems subsidiary for work related to the Littoral Combat Ship. The contracts, valued at a ...
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. [ 9 ] [ 10 ] Odd-numbered U.S. Navy littoral combat ships are built using the Freedom -class monohull design, while even-numbered ships are based on a competing design ...
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 ...
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. [ 9 ] [ 10 ] Odd-numbered U.S. Navy littoral combat ships are built using the Freedom -class monohull design, while even-numbered ships are based on a competing design ...
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.