The U.S. Navy is retiring every active Freedom-class Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) it has… while simultaneously finishing s ...

Shipbuilder Austal USA delivered the final Independence-class littoral combat ship to the U.S. Navy on Friday, marking the end of a construction phase that’s lasted 15 years. The Alabama-based Austal ...

The USS Pierre, the Navy’s newest Independence-class Littoral Combat Ship, will be commissioned at Port Panama City next ...

Join the United States Navy as it commissions its newest Independence-class Littoral Combat Ship, USS Pierre (LCS 38), during ...

The USS Kingsville, one of the last Independence-class littoral combat ships built for the Navy, was christened Saturday in Corpus Christi, Texas. Cmdr. Ludwig Mann III, Kingsville’s commanding ...

The USS Kingsville, one of the last Independence-class littoral combat ships built for the Navy, has successfully completed acceptance trials and will become homeported in San Diego later this year.

Summary and Key Points: In the lead-up to WWII, President Franklin D. Roosevelt recognized the need to expand U.S. naval air power. With limited resources and the urgency of war,... Summary and Key ...

Littoral Combat Ships (LCS) were supposed to have enhanced the U.S. Navy’s ability to engage smaller targets with a range of mission-oriented weapons packages. Indeed, the ships were celebrated as a ...

The U.S. Navy welcomed another littoral combat ship into its ranks. The USS Nantucket, a Freedom-class littoral combat ship, was commissioned Saturday, Nov. 16 at the Charlestown Navy Ship Yard in ...

Families welcome the USS Savannah as it returns to Naval Base San Diego. (Photo by Kassandra Alanis/U.S. Navy) The littoral combat ship USS Savannah returned to Naval Base San Diego this week ...