The Independence-class LCS has been re-adapted for use as a minesweeper, although there are concerns that its aluminum hull ...

The Freedom-class LCS isn't a large warship like the Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carrier, designed to stay near the coast ...

I visited the USS Marinette, the 13th Freedom-class littoral combat ship (LCS), known as the Navy’s fastest vessel and essentially a large jet ski with a naval gun. From the engineering areas to the ...

The future USS Pierre, the last of 19 Independence-class Littoral Combat Ships built by Austal USA, makes its final departure ...

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 ...

Designed to serve the Navy as a cheaper member of the DD(X) family of ships, the LCS class was initially meant to fulfill the requirement for small, fast, and maneuverable vessels. Under the LCS ...

MANAMA, Bahrain — Sailors at a base home to the Navy’s hub in the Middle East bid farewell Thursday to the last of their wooden-hulled mine hunting ships in a mission handoff to four larger vessels ...

The Littoral Combat Ship was supposed to be the Navy's next big breakthrough — a lightweight, fast, and flexible vessel designed to operate close to shorelines, where larger warships struggled. But ...

The Navy’s last Independence-class littoral combat ship successfully completed sea trials this month, a bittersweet milestone for a group of vessels that were once planned to be a bigger part of the ...