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Saturday, July 22, 2023
USS Canberra: US Commissions Navy Warship In Australia
Navy

USS Canberra: US Commissions Navy Warship In Australia

SYDNEY, July 22 (Reuters) – The United States commissioned a warship in Sydney, Australia, on Saturday, the first time a U.S.

July 22, 2023
Total Views: 3182

Friday, May 5, 2023
US Navy Honors Baseball Veterans With USS Cooperstown Commissioning
Navy

US Navy Honors Baseball Veterans With USS Cooperstown Commissioning

by John Konrad (gCaptain) It is often said that baseball is the great American pastime, a sport woven into the very fabric of the nation’s soul.

May 5, 2023
Total Views: 2215

Thursday, April 20, 2023
Watch: USS Cleveland Hits Tug During Side-Launch
Accidents

Watch: USS Cleveland Hits Tug During Side-Launch

The launch of the latest Freedom-variant Littoral Combat Ship (LCS), the USS Cleveland (LCS 31), encountered a minor mishap last weekend when the vessel

April 20, 2023
Total Views: 10923

Wednesday, May 11, 2022
Navy Risks Blowback in Bid to Scrap $5 Billion of Troubled Ships
Defense

Navy Risks Blowback in Bid to Scrap $5 Billion of Troubled Ships

By Tony Capaccio (Bloomberg) –The US Navy wants to scrap nine of 16 Littoral Combat Ships built by Lockheed Martin Corp. well short of their projected

May 11, 2022
Total Views: 13388

Friday, February 25, 2022
USS Independence LCS
Navy

Failing US Navy Warship Still Can’t Perform Mission

By Tony Capaccio (Bloomberg) The U.S. Navy’s troubled fleet of Littoral Combat Ships has “not yet demonstrated the operational capabilities it needs

February 25, 2022
Total Views: 7675

Thursday, September 30, 2021
US Navy Is Both Decommissioning And Building More Of This Failed Ship
Navy

US Navy Is Both Decommissioning And Building More Of This Failed Ship

by John Konrad (gCaptain) You maybe confused by this headline but so are we. USS Freedom (LCS 1), the lead ship of the Freedom-variant Littoral Combat Ship,

September 30, 2021
Total Views: 9553

Tuesday, February 23, 2021
Austal USA shipyard
Shipping

Austal USA President Resigns Amid Investigations Into LCS Program

Australian-based shipbuilder Austal has announced the resignation of Austal USA president Craig Perciavalle amid ongoing investigations in the United States

February 23, 2021
Total Views: 11572

Thursday, December 8, 2016
Builders Escape Most Costs as Navy on the Hook for Littoral Combat Ships
Maritime News

Builders Escape Most Costs as Navy on the Hook for Littoral Combat Ships

By Tony Capaccio (Bloomberg) — The U.S. Navy must pay “for the vast majority of defects” on its troubled Littoral Combat Ship, not contractors

December 8, 2016
Total Views: 28

Thursday, December 1, 2016
Troubled $29 Billion U.S. Warship Sows Fresh Doubt on Worth
Maritime News

Troubled $29 Billion U.S. Warship Sows Fresh Doubt on Worth

By Tony Capaccio (Bloomberg) — The U.S. Navy’s Littoral Combat Ship program “stands at a crossroads,” as the service prepares to ask Congress

December 1, 2016
Total Views: 47

Friday, March 4, 2016
littoral combat ship
News

Pentagon Chief Says 40 LCS Ships ‘Enough’ for U.S. Navy

SEATTLE, March 3 (Reuters) – U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter on Thursday defended the Pentagon’s decision to buy just 40 Littoral Combat Ships

March 4, 2016
Total Views: 43

Wednesday, February 24, 2016
USS Milwaukee Arrives at BAE Shipyard in Mayport
Maritime News

USS Milwaukee Arrives at BAE Shipyard in Mayport

The U.S. Navy’s San Diego-based littoral combat ship USS Milwaukee (LCS 5) arrived at the BAE shipyard in Mayport, Florida earlier this week to complete

February 24, 2016
Total Views: 24

Friday, January 29, 2016
littoral combat ships
Maritime News

U.S. Navy’s LCS Struggles to Fend Off Swarm Attacks, Tests Show

By Tony Capaccio (Bloomberg) — The U.S. Navy’s Littoral Combat Ship struggled in drills at sea to fend off a swarm of small attacking vessels like the

January 29, 2016
Total Views: 677

Sunday, September 6, 2015
Littoral Combat Ships Transform Wisconsin’s Marinette Marine Shipyard
Maritime News

Littoral Combat Ships Transform Wisconsin’s Marinette Marine Shipyard

  By Andrea Shalal MARINETTE, Wis., Sept 6 (Reuters) – Big investments, lean manufacturing techniques borrowed from the automotive industry, and a

September 6, 2015
Total Views: 18

Thursday, August 13, 2015
Austal Delivers LCS 6 to U.S. Navy
News

Austal Delivers LCS 6 to U.S. Navy

  Alabama-based aluminum shipbuilder Austal Limited has successfully delivered the Littoral Combat Ship 6 (LCS 6), the future USS Jackson, to the U.S.

August 13, 2015
Total Views: 14

Thursday, June 25, 2015
Littoral Combat Ship USS Fort Worth Found Vulnerable to Attack Before Asia Deployment
Maritime News

Littoral Combat Ship USS Fort Worth Found Vulnerable to Attack Before Asia Deployment

Weeks before one of the U.S. Navy’s new Littoral Combat Ships departed for Asia, tests had exposed its vulnerability to a potential enemy attack, according

June 25, 2015
Total Views: 45

Friday, June 12, 2015
USS Gabrielle Giffords (LCS 10) rolls out of Austal USA's facility, February 25, 2015. Photo: Austal USA
Maritime News

U.S. Navy to Christen LCS 10 – USS Gabrielle Giffords

[contextly_sidebar id=”4G7lDFNttrhX3qiMdbG625bPjNe9kMix”]The U.S. Navy is getting ready to christen the future USS Gabrielle Giffords, the tenth

June 12, 2015
Total Views: 89

Thursday, March 5, 2015
WATCH: U.S. Navy LCS Tackles Heavy Seas in East China Sea
Multimedia

WATCH: U.S. Navy LCS Tackles Heavy Seas in East China Sea

Here's some video captured from the bow of the U.S. Navy third Littoral Combat ship, USS Fort Worth, as it transited the East China Sea towards South

March 5, 2015
Total Views: 29

Thursday, January 15, 2015
lcs 1 littoral combat ship
Defense

U.S. Navy: They Will be Called Frigates

U.S. Navy Secretary Ray Mabus on Thursday said the Navy would rename the modified Littoral Combat Ships it plans to build in coming years as "frigates," given

January 15, 2015
Total Views: 16

Friday, December 12, 2014
LCS4 shipyard naval shipbuilding coronado
Maritime News

Lockheed Martin, Austal Unscathed by LCS Changes

Lockheed Martin Corp. and Austal Ltd., makers of the Navy’s Littoral Combat Ship, have emerged unscathed in the new strategy by departing Defense Secretary

December 12, 2014
Total Views: 14

Thursday, December 11, 2014
lcs 1 littoral combat ship
Navy

Pentagon Opts to Upgrade Littoral Combat Ship Design

The new surface combatant (SSC) ships will be based on an upgraded variant of the existing littoral combat ships

December 11, 2014
Total Views: 21
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