Independence class Littoral Combat Ships are suffering hull cracking in multiple locations along the hull. But that is just the tip of the problem... Carrie Underwood Speaks Out About Performing ...

the plan would decommission the littoral combat ships Freedom, Independence, Fort Worth and Coronado, all of which have “between 12 and 17 years of planned hull life remaining,” Defense News ...

This category — the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) group — is composed of two distinct designs: the LCS-1 Freedom class, a steel monohull, and the LCS-2 Independence class, an aluminum trimaran ...