The ship, which cost nearly $600 million to build, is the last Independence-class LCS to be built for the Navy.

The Royal Malaysian Navy’s second Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) was officially named Raja Muda Nala and launched on July 3 ...

The littoral combat ship program launched in the early 2000s when the United States military was focused on combating irregular warfare targets, with strategy aimed at counterinsurgency.

Howard Berkof, Littoral Combat Ship deputy program manager for the Navy, tackled the question head-on. “Today’s keel-laying marks the ceremonial beginning of the ship’s life,” he said.

The U.S. Navy’s Littoral Combat Ship program was developed in the early 2000s to tackle threats in coastal or littoral environments. To that end, the U.S. Navy ultimately fielded two distinct ...

The littoral combat ship USS Jackson (LCS-6) sits pierside in San Diego, Calif. US Navy Photo. Unlike deploying warships that get time to train underway heading west from San Diego on deployment ...

What You Need to Know: The U.S. Navy's Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) program, once envisioned as a multi-role, near-shore operational vessel, is now widely regarded as a mistake. -Persistent ...

Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Oakland (LCS-24) transits the Sydney Harbor as part of a scheduled port visit during Integrated Battle Problem (IBP) 23.2, Oct 24, 2023. US Navy Photo ...

The Freedom and Independence variant of the Littoral Combat Ship is the U.S. Navy’s newest warship and is a fast, agile, focused-mission platform designed for operation in near-shore ...

The Navy decommissioned the littoral combat ship USS Coronado on Wednesday in a cost-saving move affecting the earliest versions of service’s small warship class. “Today we recognize the great ...

What You Need to Know: The U.S. Navy’s Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) program is widely regarded as a mistake in hindsight due to persistent maintenance issues, cost overruns, and an unclear mission ...

The littoral combat ship program was supposed to give the Navy fast and powerful ships that could operate near shores, taking on coastal targets as well as submarines.