littoral combat ship

Someone give the acting Sec Def a DD-214.

Ho, ho, ho!

A fundamental propulsion issue might end up lending the LCS a new nickname: floating garbage pile.

The Navy plans on decommissioning its first four littoral combat ships in fiscal year 2021, the Navy announced on Monday, all of which have at least a decade of planned hull life remaining

The U.S. Navy littoral combat ship USS Detroit conducted a freedom-of-navigation operation off of Venezuela's Caribbean coast, the U.S.'s top military command in the region said Thursday

The Navy plans on slapping a laser weapon on a littoral combat ship for the first time in the next year amid increased efforts to field laser systems aboard surface warships, USNI News reports

In the latest sign that the Navy seems to have finally given up on the issue-plagued 'little crappy ships,' the service reportedly plans on decommissioning its first four littoral combat ship in 2021 to save cash.

Only 317 of the USS Indianapolis's 1,196 sailors survived after five days afloat in the Pacific. Some died from dehydration; others were killed by sharks. It was the biggest loss of life in the Navy's history

"LCS packs a punch and gives potential adversaries another reason to stay awake at night."

Just six littoral combat ships were deployable in 2019, a low readiness rate calls into question the wisdom of the Navy's investment in the type

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 protracted absence from the high seas

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