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LCS 27: US Navy inducts fast, agile, shallow-draft, networked surface ship
the US Navy has received its 14th Freedom-variant Littoral Combat Ship (LCS), USS Nantucket (LCS 27). Nantucket was accepted ...
Cleveland Declares March 1st ‘USS Cleveland Day’ to Celebrate Historic Naval Commissioning
USS Cleveland' will come to port in historic commissioning celebration this fall. "This is everyone's ship," says Matt ...
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USS Sioux City (LCS 11) is the Navy's new ship
The US Navy just welcomed the USS Sioux City (LCS 11) to its fleet. The 387-foot combat warship was released into the Menominee River in Wisconsin on January 30, 2016. Produced by Emma Fierberg ...
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Commander of warship named for state’s capitol makes rounds in Maine
Cmdr. Joseph Trager, who oversees the USS Augusta, a littoral combat ship (LCS), visited the ship’s namesake city on Thursday to celebrate the Navy’s 250th anniversary. Wednesday morning ...
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USS Thomas Hudner Deploying to Fourth Fleet
The Navy announced that the Litoral Combat Ship USS St. Louis (LCS-19) arrived at Guantanamo Bay on Jan. 30. The ship’s crew is helping with construction of facilities and tents needed to house ...
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Littoral Combat Ships
Summary: The U.S. Navy recently acquired the future USS Kingsville (LCS 36), the 18th Independence-variant Littoral Combat Ship, despite ongoing criticisms of the LCS program. Named after ...
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The Navy Is Finally Deploying Its Worst Warship Again After Years Of Problems
After years of frequent mechanical failures ad embarrassing cost overruns, the Navy finally plans on deploying three hulls from its much-derided Littoral Combat Ship fleet by this fall after a ...