The US Navy doesn’t build warships to be cautionary tales. Yet the Littoral Combat Ship program has become exactly that — a fascinating, expensive, and deeply instructive lesson in the gap between ...
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 ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The future USS Cleveland (LCS 31) arrives in Cleveland, Ohio, May 9, 2026, ahead of its commissioning ceremony. - U.S. Navy The US ...
Summary: The U.S. Navy recently acquired the future USS Kingsville (LCS 36), the 18th Independence-variant Littoral Combat Ship, despite ongoing criticisms of the LCS program. Named after Kingsville, ...
Your browser does not support the audio element. The U.S. Navy will commission the future Freedom-variant Littoral Combat Ship USS Cleveland (LCS 31) on May 16, 2026 ...
The Littoral Combat Ships (LCS), or frigates (FF) as future variants of the LCS will be called, have been a ripe subject for hyperbole and strawmen in contemporary debates over military acquisition ...
The Navy has retired most of its dedicated minesweeping vessels—but the Littoral Combat Ship has the same capabilities and could fill in for them in the Strait of Hormuz. Summary and Key Points: In ...
By Chief Yeoman Vicki Sonnenberg Navy Office of Community Outreach SAN DIEGO Senior Chief Petty Officer Daniel Pike, a native ...
SAN DIEGO – Littoral Combat Ship Squadron One held a change of command ceremony aboard Naval Base San Diego, Feb. 20. Capt. James Hoey relieved Capt. Jose Roman, who had been serving as commodore of ...
Between January 13 and 15, the 38th Annual Surface Navy Symposium convened in Crystal City, Virginia, offering a detailed look at the state of the surface fleet. Senior leaders—from the Secretary of ...
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 ...
WASHINGTON -- U.S. House lawmakers debated Wednesday whether to keep or retire a troubled class of warships that includes the USS Detroit, ultimately rejecting a measure that would have let the Navy ...