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US Navy to decommission another warship years ahead of schedule

Though the USS Fort Worth’s mechanical damage made its early retirement a foregone conclusion, the decommissioning of one of America’s newest—and most expensive—warships has raised eyebrows on Capitol ...
Stars and Stripes

Littoral combat ship USS Fort Worth decommissioned in San Diego

USS Fort Worth was decommissioned Wednesday during a ceremony at Naval Base San Diego. The removal of the Freedom-variant littoral combat ship from the fleet comes less than 14 years after it was ...
USNI

3 Navy Ships Decommissioned, Cruiser USS Robert Smalls Makes Final Homeport Change

The crew of Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Shiloh (CG-67) disembarks the ship for the final time upon its decommissioning during a ceremony onboard Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii ...
The San Diego Union-Tribune

San Diego warship USS Fort Worth being decommissioned more than a decade early

The littoral combat ship USS Fort Worth will be decommissioned more than a decade early on Wednesday in San Diego in an effort by the Navy to save money on a vessel that’s been plagued by costly ...
Maritime Executive

U.S. Navy Decommissions its Sixth Freedom-Class Littoral Combat Ship

The U.S. Navy has decommissioned the Freedom-class Littoral Combat Ship USS Forth Worth (LCS-3), the latest in the series to exit service early. The vessel was the second Freedom-class built, and had ...