One of the final draws of the Littoral Combat Ship was its shallow draft and high speed. As the Navy pivoted from peer competition, the Independence and Freedom were expected to operate with large ...

Littoral Combat Ships are fast, have an embarked helicopter and other equipment that make them good at catching drug ...

The U.S. Navy’s Freedom-variant littoral combat ship (LCS) USS Nantucket (LCS ... culminating in the arrival of the ...

Once criticized, the Freedom-class Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) proves its value by foiling ... Mission Package (MCM MP) aboard the USS Canberra marked a significant shift from traditional Avenger ...

Pending authorization and funding, the name be given to the next littoral combat ship (LCS), which are designed to cruise costal waters. The USS Indianapolis entered a dark chapter in the history ...

The Freedom-class littoral combat ship Minneapolis-Saint Paul departs on ... Steven Fresse, commanding officer of the USS Minneapolis-Saint Paul, said in a release. “To be able to make an ...

The so-called littoral combat ship worked with the U.S. Coast Guard to take out the drug smuggling vessels through a combination of air and surface operations. “The USS Minneapolis-St. Paul ...

The USS Fort Worth is entering “a new and ... The Fort Worth is the third version of the littoral combat ship series, a fast, agile lightweight ship designed to operate close to shore in shallow ...

USS Minneapolis-Saint Paul, a Freedom-variant Littoral Combat Ship, made two drug busts within 72 hours, seizing more than $9.5 million of cocaine and roughly $2.8 million of marijuana.