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‘Ill-suited to combat any naval threats’: The US Navy’s littoral combat ship was never built to fight

The Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) program was intended to usher in a new type of lightweight, affordable ship for the U.S. Navy that could operate in shallow waters and combat small-scale threats. We ...
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The last ‘little crappy ship’: What’s the future for the US Navy’s troubled LCS?

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 ...
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Surface Forces: The Last Littoral Combat Ship

June 11, 2026: Last month the American Navy has commissioned USS Cleveland/LCS 31, the last of 35 LCS/Littoral Combat Ships ships. Two years ago, the Navy decided to reverse its plan to quickly ...
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Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) program: Evolution & future role

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 National Interest

Littoral Combat Ships

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, ...
The National Interest

Independence-Class Littoral Combat Ships

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 ...
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The last ‘little crappy ship’: What’s the future for the US Navy’s troubled LCS?

“An experiment that didn’t work,” said another. And an expensive one. The price of the program is pegged at $60 billion, but a 2023 report from the investigative journalism site ProPublica said the ...