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Littoral Combat Ship Might Be Making a 'Comeback'
Reinventing the Littoral Combat Ship: USS Nantucket's New Mission The U.S. Navy’s Freedom -variant littoral combat ship (LCS) USS Nantucket (LCS-27) was commissioned this weekend in Boston ...
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The Navy Is Finally Deploying Its Worst Warship Again After Years Of Problems
After years of frequent mechanical failures ad embarrassing cost overruns, the Navy finally plans on deploying three hulls from its much-derided Littoral Combat Ship fleet by this fall after a ...
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Broke Down and Tied to the Pier — the U.S. Naval Fleet Is in Dire Need of Reinforcement
These three (really four, given the differences in the LCS variants) ships represent the very cutting edge of maritime technology. The Ford, with its electric drive system, was to launch and ...
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Littoral Combat Ships
Summary: The U.S. Navy recently acquired the future USS Kingsville (LCS 36), the 18th Independence-variant Littoral Combat Ship, despite ongoing criticisms of the LCS program. Named after ...
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LCS 27: US Navy inducts fast, agile, shallow-draft, networked surface ship
Amid China’s boosting of its maritime presence, the US Navy has received its 14th Freedom-variant Littoral Combat Ship (LCS), USS Nantucket (LCS 27). Nantucket was accepted from Lockheed Martin ...
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Second LCS over 64% complete, says Khaled
the fourth LCS at 51.10%, and the fifth LCS at 42.33%. He expressed confidence that the five LCS ships can be delivered to the navy within the planned timeline, starting from August 2026.