After twenty years and billions of dollars, littoral combat ships are finally performing mine countermeasures as originally ...

The Navy has relieved the commanding officer of a Littoral Combat Ship based in the Middle East, the service announced ...

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. The Alabama-based Austal ...

July 28, 2025: U.S. Navy is allowing the Marine Corps to have several trimaran Independence class Littoral Combat Ships/LCS ships as Littoral Explosive Ordnance Neutralization/LEON vessels. In plant ...

The commanding officer of USS Santa Barbara was relieved of duty due to a loss of confidence in the ability to command.

The U.S. Navy now wants bigger Fire Scout UAVs for its Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) fleet. While the service says no design changes are needed, industry is studying whether the LCS-2 USS ...