The delivery of the final Independence-class vessel closes a significant and controversial chapter in US naval shipbuilding history. The 19th and final Independence-class Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) ...
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 ...
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The Littoral Combat Ship Problem: How the Navy’s Most Controversial Fleet Might Still Find a Purpose
Few modern American warships have drawn as much criticism as the Littoral Combat Ships. Conceived after 2001 as small, fast, shallow water vessels meant to counter threats near coastlines, they were ...
The Navy may have capped its fleet of much-anticipated—and much-maligned—littoral combat ships at 28 for now, but their commanders haven’t stopped trying to squeeze every last ounce of capability out ...
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