The Navy's 16th and last Freedom-variant littoral combat ship will be the fourth commissioned ship since World War I to be ...

The vessel will conduct maritime security operations, sea control, and deterrence activities in crucial operational areas.

Littoral combat ships are prized for their abilities in coastal areas and open ocean, but the Freedom variant was quickly beset by costly issues.

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — A brand new ...

The USS Nantucket was commissioned at a ceremony in Boston, Mass., on Saturday morning, three years after it was first launched and five years after construction began. The USS Nantucket is a littoral ...

Washington — The U.S. Navy is proposing to retire the USS Detroit just over five years after its commissioning in 2016, as well as eight other Freedom-class littoral combat ships. The USS Detroit, or ...

SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — The United States Navy’s newest and one of the last Littoral Combat Ships to be built, the future USS Kingsville (LCS 36), will be commissioned later this week in Corpus ...

MAYPORT, Fla. (WXYZ) — On September 29, the United States Navy decommissioned the USS Detroit (LCS 7) in Mayport, Florida. Commissioned on October 22, 2016, in Lake ...

USS Beloit, the US Navy's new littoral combat ship, was commissioned on Saturday. Known as LCS 29, the warship is designed for operations in both shallow waters and open seas. The Navy has retired ...