The U.S. Navy is releasing or acknowledging more details about the initial Western Pacific deployment of the first Littoral Combat Ship (LCS-1), the USS Freedom, saying that while the ship missed some ...

ABOARD THE USS FREEDOM — The Mantis helicopter mover glides the MH-60R Seahawk helicopter across the flight deck of the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS-1) USS Freedom seemingly with all the ease of a couch ...

Key Points and Summary - As the final Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) is delivered, a review of the program's mixed legacy shows it was a gamble that didn't pay off. -Conceived in the post-9/11 era for low ...

The nation's first Littoral Combat Ship, Freedom (LCS 1) was put to sea for the first time, marking the beginning of Builder's Sea Trials for the first-in-class coastal surface combatant. The 378-ft.

Last week on Time’s Battleland blog there was a piece by Mr. John Sayen entitled The Navy’s New Class of Warships: Big Bucks, Little Bang. Obviously, Mr. Sayen is not a fan of the Littoral Combat Ship ...