Featured in Freedom ClassBYEmma HelfrichMay 11, 2022ShareThe Navy’s Independence Class Littoral Combat Ships Are CrackingJust when you thought things couldn’t get worse for the Littoral Combat Ship program, the Independence class is experiencing cracking. BYEmma HelfrichMay 11, 2022ShareBYJoseph TrevithickMar 23, 2022ShareLittoral Disaster: Navy Wants To Retire 10 Littoral Combat Ships According To ReportThe oldest Littoral Combat Ship on the chopping block is just seven years old. BYJoseph TrevithickMar 23, 2022ShareBYBrett Tingley and Tyler RogowayJan 15, 2022ShareNavy’s New Shipboard Electronic Warfare System Is Being Shrunk Down For Smaller ShipsThe new system is capable of making pinpoint electronic attacks but it’s so big that it requires major alterations to a destroyer’s superstructure. BYBrett Tingley and Tyler RogowayJan 15, 2022ShareBYBrian O'RourkeNov 19, 2021ShareFirst Littoral Combat Ship With Fix To Plagued Combining Gear Delivered To NavyThe troubled Freedom-class ships could finally be one step closer to realizing some kind of normal operational tempo. BYBrian O'RourkeNov 19, 2021ShareBYThomas NewdickOct 1, 2021ShareThe First Littoral Combat Ship Has Been Decommissioned After Just 13 Years Of Service (Updated)The Navy plans on retiring more Littoral Combat Ships in the coming months, long before their official design lives have expired. BYThomas NewdickOct 1, 2021ShareBYThomas NewdickJul 12, 2021ShareThis Is The Navy’s Timeline For Ridding Itself Of Four More Littoral Combat ShipsThe Navy wants to decommission another four LCS warships, the youngest of which has served for less than four years. BYThomas NewdickJul 12, 2021ShareBYThomas Newdick and Tyler RogowayApr 12, 2021ShareNavy’s ‘Cheap’ Littoral Combat Ships Cost Nearly As Much To Run As Guided Missile DestroyersThe Navy’s Littoral Combat Ships continue to make waves, now due to their comparatively astronomical operating costs. BYThomas Newdick and Tyler RogowayApr 12, 2021ShareBYThomas NewdickJan 19, 2021ShareNo More Freedom Class Littoral Combat Ships For The Navy Until Major Design Defect Is FixedEnduring problems with the drive train of the Freedom class warships means that deliveries are suspended pending a workable solution. BYThomas NewdickJan 19, 2021ShareBYJoseph TrevithickOct 29, 2020ShareThe Littoral Combat Ship USS Detroit Is Limping Home To Florida After Breaking DownA key part of the ship’s propulsion system that allows it to hit speeds over 40 knots, and that has been an issue in the past, reportedly failed. BYJoseph TrevithickOct 29, 2020ShareBYJoseph TrevithickJul 1, 2020ShareNavy Will Mothball Its First Four Littoral Combat Ships In Nine Months If Congress Lets ItSome lawmakers are pushing to block the retirement of two of the four ships so they can continue to support test work. BYJoseph TrevithickJul 1, 2020ShareBYTyler RogowayFeb 10, 2020ShareThe Navy Now Wants To Retire The First Four Of Its Troublesome Littoral Combat ShipsThese are exceptionally young ships to be pulled from service, underlining just how problematic and useless they truly are. BYTyler RogowayFeb 10, 2020ShareBYJoseph TrevithickJan 14, 2020ShareNavy Littoral Combat Ship Will Soon Be Armed With A Laser Weapon SystemThe USS Little Rock is poised to become the third active Navy ship to be equipped with a new laser weapon. BYJoseph TrevithickJan 14, 2020ShareBYJoseph TrevithickJun 29, 2019ShareIn a Blow to LCS, the US Navy Finally Admits it Needs a Real FrigateThe Navy’s newly released request for information demands more capability, including a robust area air defense capability, that existing Littoral Combat Ships… BYJoseph TrevithickJun 29, 2019ShareBYJoseph TrevithickJun 25, 2019ShareNavy’s Newest Littoral Combat Ship Damaged After Smacking Into A Moored Ship In CanadaThe future USS Billings is now tied up in Montreal while the Navy assesses the full extent of the damage and investigates what happened. BYJoseph TrevithickJun 25, 2019ShareBYJoseph TrevithickMay 29, 2019ShareLockheed Bails On The Navy’s New Frigate Program, But Will Supply Systems To Whoever Wins (Updated)The company had reportedly been having trouble meeting the Navy’s requirements with a version of its Freedom-class littoral combat ship. BYJoseph TrevithickMay 29, 2019ShareBYJoseph TrevithickOct 26, 2018ShareNavy Rushes To Get Littoral Combat Ships Anti-Ship Missiles They Desperately Need (Updated)The service is accelerating plans to give the ships more firepower, but serious questions remain about the ships’ capabilities. BYJoseph TrevithickOct 26, 2018Share12
BYEmma HelfrichMay 11, 2022ShareThe Navy’s Independence Class Littoral Combat Ships Are CrackingJust when you thought things couldn’t get worse for the Littoral Combat Ship program, the Independence class is experiencing cracking. BYEmma HelfrichMay 11, 2022Share
BYJoseph TrevithickMar 23, 2022ShareLittoral Disaster: Navy Wants To Retire 10 Littoral Combat Ships According To ReportThe oldest Littoral Combat Ship on the chopping block is just seven years old. BYJoseph TrevithickMar 23, 2022Share
BYBrett Tingley and Tyler RogowayJan 15, 2022ShareNavy’s New Shipboard Electronic Warfare System Is Being Shrunk Down For Smaller ShipsThe new system is capable of making pinpoint electronic attacks but it’s so big that it requires major alterations to a destroyer’s superstructure. BYBrett Tingley and Tyler RogowayJan 15, 2022Share
BYBrian O'RourkeNov 19, 2021ShareFirst Littoral Combat Ship With Fix To Plagued Combining Gear Delivered To NavyThe troubled Freedom-class ships could finally be one step closer to realizing some kind of normal operational tempo. BYBrian O'RourkeNov 19, 2021Share
BYThomas NewdickOct 1, 2021ShareThe First Littoral Combat Ship Has Been Decommissioned After Just 13 Years Of Service (Updated)The Navy plans on retiring more Littoral Combat Ships in the coming months, long before their official design lives have expired. BYThomas NewdickOct 1, 2021Share
BYThomas NewdickJul 12, 2021ShareThis Is The Navy’s Timeline For Ridding Itself Of Four More Littoral Combat ShipsThe Navy wants to decommission another four LCS warships, the youngest of which has served for less than four years. BYThomas NewdickJul 12, 2021Share
BYThomas Newdick and Tyler RogowayApr 12, 2021ShareNavy’s ‘Cheap’ Littoral Combat Ships Cost Nearly As Much To Run As Guided Missile DestroyersThe Navy’s Littoral Combat Ships continue to make waves, now due to their comparatively astronomical operating costs. BYThomas Newdick and Tyler RogowayApr 12, 2021Share
BYThomas NewdickJan 19, 2021ShareNo More Freedom Class Littoral Combat Ships For The Navy Until Major Design Defect Is FixedEnduring problems with the drive train of the Freedom class warships means that deliveries are suspended pending a workable solution. BYThomas NewdickJan 19, 2021Share
BYJoseph TrevithickOct 29, 2020ShareThe Littoral Combat Ship USS Detroit Is Limping Home To Florida After Breaking DownA key part of the ship’s propulsion system that allows it to hit speeds over 40 knots, and that has been an issue in the past, reportedly failed. BYJoseph TrevithickOct 29, 2020Share
BYJoseph TrevithickJul 1, 2020ShareNavy Will Mothball Its First Four Littoral Combat Ships In Nine Months If Congress Lets ItSome lawmakers are pushing to block the retirement of two of the four ships so they can continue to support test work. BYJoseph TrevithickJul 1, 2020Share
BYTyler RogowayFeb 10, 2020ShareThe Navy Now Wants To Retire The First Four Of Its Troublesome Littoral Combat ShipsThese are exceptionally young ships to be pulled from service, underlining just how problematic and useless they truly are. BYTyler RogowayFeb 10, 2020Share
BYJoseph TrevithickJan 14, 2020ShareNavy Littoral Combat Ship Will Soon Be Armed With A Laser Weapon SystemThe USS Little Rock is poised to become the third active Navy ship to be equipped with a new laser weapon. BYJoseph TrevithickJan 14, 2020Share
BYJoseph TrevithickJun 29, 2019ShareIn a Blow to LCS, the US Navy Finally Admits it Needs a Real FrigateThe Navy’s newly released request for information demands more capability, including a robust area air defense capability, that existing Littoral Combat Ships… BYJoseph TrevithickJun 29, 2019Share
BYJoseph TrevithickJun 25, 2019ShareNavy’s Newest Littoral Combat Ship Damaged After Smacking Into A Moored Ship In CanadaThe future USS Billings is now tied up in Montreal while the Navy assesses the full extent of the damage and investigates what happened. BYJoseph TrevithickJun 25, 2019Share
BYJoseph TrevithickMay 29, 2019ShareLockheed Bails On The Navy’s New Frigate Program, But Will Supply Systems To Whoever Wins (Updated)The company had reportedly been having trouble meeting the Navy’s requirements with a version of its Freedom-class littoral combat ship. BYJoseph TrevithickMay 29, 2019Share
BYJoseph TrevithickOct 26, 2018ShareNavy Rushes To Get Littoral Combat Ships Anti-Ship Missiles They Desperately Need (Updated)The service is accelerating plans to give the ships more firepower, but serious questions remain about the ships’ capabilities. BYJoseph TrevithickOct 26, 2018Share
