Summary and Key Points: The Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) was intended to be the U.S. Navy’s versatile, affordable answer to post-Cold War threats, capable of missions from mine-hunting to anti-piracy.

The USS Nantucket was commissioned at a ceremony in Boston, Mass., on Saturday morning, three years after it was first launched and five years after construction began. The USS Nantucket is a littoral ...

What You Need to Know: The U.S. Navy’s Freedom-variant littoral combat ship (LCS) USS Nantucket (LCS-27) was commissioned in Boston, Massachusetts. As the fourteenth ship in its class, Nantucket is ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla, — After losing four littoral combat ships last year, Mayport’s fleet of Naval warships is about to grow by two vessels. The USS Nantucket completed its two-month-long journey from ...

The oft-maligned Littoral Combat Ship, or LCS, may have found its true calling: chasing down smugglers. USS Minneapolis-Saint Paul, a Freedom-variant LCS, recently stopped two suspected drug smuggling ...

The U.S. Navy’s newest combat ship was commissioned in a Saturday ceremony held in Milwaukee, Wis., according to a Navy news release. The subject of the ceremony was the USS Beloit, a Freedom-variant ...

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