One of the U.S. Navy’s newest Freedom variant littoral combat ships (LCS) completed its final significant milestone before its scheduled summer delivery with the conclusion of acceptance trials at the ...

The U.S. Navy plans to make six Littoral Combat Ships (LCSs), two Independence class vessels and four Freedom class vessels, available for sale through its Foreign Military Sales (FMS) program in the ...

The commissioning date was announced for the Littoral Combat Ship, the LCS-11, USS Sioux City at the Robert Crown Sailing Center at the U.S. Naval Academy, on Thursday, August 23, 2018.

Future USS Sioux City (LCS-11) at the U.S. Naval Academy before the ship’s commissioning ceremony. US Naval Academy photo. The future USS Sioux City (LCS -11) is moored at U.S. Naval Academy for a ...

Information Specialist 1st Class Matthew Stephenson mans the lines as the Freedom-variant littoral combat ship USS Sioux City (LCS-11) gets underway on Aug. 30, 2020. US Navy Photo The Navy in the ...

Aug. 23 (UPI) --Lockheed Martin and Fincantieri Marinette Marine has delivered the Littoral Combat Ships USS Sioux City, LCS 11, and USS Wichita, LCS 13, to the U.S. Navy. With Wednesday's delivery, ...

Littoral combat ship USS Sioux City (LCS 11) arrives at Naval Support Activity Bahrain on June 25, 2022. (Sgt. Terry Vongsouthi/US Army) WASHINGTON — The U.S. Navy is considering alternatives to ...

In July 2021, the United States Navy decommissioned the USS Independence (LCS-2) with little fanfare in a pier-side ceremony in San Diego. The namesake of the U.S. Navy’s Independence-class of ...

The US Navy just welcomed the USS Sioux City (LCS 11) to its fleet. The 387-foot combat warship was released into the Menominee River in Wisconsin on January 30, 2016. Produced by Emma Fierberg Follow ...

USS Wichita, LCS 13, is the seventh Freedom-class littoral combat ship built for the U.S. Navy by the Lockheed Martin and Fincantieri Marinette Marine. Lockheed Martin and Fincantieri Marinette Marine ...