The future USS Cleveland slipped into its namesake city’s harbor on May 9, 2026, greeted by local officials and a small crowd along the waterfront as the warship completed a journey from the shipyard ...

Nearly two decades after the first littoral combat ship entered naval service, the final one was commissioned this weekend. The crew, shipbuilders, officials and family gathered Saturday near the ...

The Freedom-class littoral combat ship USS Cleveland is commissioned in a ceremony in Cleveland, Ohio, May 16, 2026. (MCS3 Jasmin L. Aquino/U.S. Navy) The service commissioned the USS Cleveland during ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Wikimedia Commons The Littoral Combat Ship was supposed to be the Navy's next big breakthrough — a lightweight, fast, and flexible ...

The USS Cleveland, the final Freedom-class littoral combat ship, has arrived at Naval Station Mayport. Mayport is now the homeport for 10 littoral combat ships following the decommissioning of several ...

LCS 31 is the fourth warship named for the Ohio city and the last of 35 littoral combat ships the Navy built over the last two decades. The Navy commissioned USS Cleveland (LCS 31) during a ceremony ...