The surface force will net a total of seven Littoral Combat Ships after the Navy shelved plans to decommission the hulls ...

Why US Navy Can't Quit Its Flawed LCS. Facing a shrinking fleet and a widening naval gap with China, USNI reported this month that the US Navy is giving its troubled Littoral Combat Ships (LCS) a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The USS Pierre littoral combat ship sails into Panama City, Florida. The U.S. Navy commissioned the 19th and final ...

The U.S. Navy is retiring every active Freedom-class Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) it has… while simultaneously finishing six brand-new ships of the same class. On the surface, that sounds like déjà vu ...

After twenty years and billions of dollars, littoral combat ships are finally performing mine countermeasures as originally planned. By Kyle Gunn Published Sep 9, 2025 3:20 PM EDT After more than two ...

CARIBBEAN SEA (Jan. 26, 2026) – Sailors aboard the Freedom-variant littoral combat ship USS Wichita (LCS 13) recently completed a series of critical engineering repairs while deployed, demonstrating ...

The U.S. Navy will commission its newest vessel, the USS Pierre (LCS 38), in Panama City. This vessel is the final independence-variant Littoral Combat Ship to be constructed. The ship is a fast, ...

BAE Systems has secured two contracts from the US Navy, with a combined value of $98m, to undertake scheduled modernisation ...