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Final Independence-class combat ship delivered to Navy
The Alabama-based Austal has built a total of 19 Independence-class littoral combat ships for the service. The first, the Independence, was commissioned in 2010. The final ship wi ...
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Navy Receives Its Final Independence-class Littoral Combat Ship
The delivery of the final Independence-class vessel closes a significant and controversial chapter in US naval shipbuilding history.
What's The Controversy With The Littoral Combat Ship? A Brief Look At Its Complicated History
The Littoral Combat Ship became one of the most controversial chapters in Navy history due to running over budget, ...
USS Pierre passes sea trials and will soon become San Diego’s newest littoral combat ship
The ship, which cost nearly $600 million to build, is the last Independence-class LCS to be built for the Navy.
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The U.S. Navy's Independence-Class Littoral Combat Ship Was a Nightmare
Independence-Class Littoral Combat Ship: From High Hopes to Hull Cracks In the early 2000s, the U.S. Navy was pivoting its focus away from great power competition. Its new focus, and indeed that ...
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The U.S. Navy’s Littoral Combat Ship Just Won’t Go Away
What You Need to Know: The U.S. Navy recently accepted the USS Beloit, a Freedom-class Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) built by Lockheed Martin. -The USS Beloit is the 29th LCS to join the Navy ...
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US Navy commissions latest littoral combat ship, the USS Nantucket
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 ...
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Navy commissions USS Nantucket | 13newsnow.com
BOSTON — A new warship joins the fleet. The Navy last weekend commissioned the Freedom-variant littoral combat ship (LSC) USS Nantucket (LCS 27) in Boston, Massachusetts.
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‘A real one-two-punch for the Navy:’ First of two new Freedom-Class ...
Local ‘A real one-two-punch for the Navy:’ First of two new Freedom-Class LCS Ships arrives in Mayport By Jake Stofan, Action News Jax November 25, 2024 at 4:53 pm EST ...
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Lockheed, Austal Get Navy LCS Contract Modifications
œThe Navy may release a competitive solicitation (s) for additional LCS class ships in fiscal 2019, and therefore the specific contract award amount for this ship is considered source selection ...
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Final Independence-class combat ship delivered to Navy
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.
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Final Independence-class combat ship delivered to Navy
The Independence-variant littoral combat ship Savannah conducts routine underway operations in the South China Sea, Dec. 6, 2024. (Naval Air Crewman Second Class John Rabbat/Navy) Shipbuilder ...