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Welcome back to the Fluctus Channel, as we see how the modular USS Billings LCS, allied patrol vessels, and Marine AAV/ACV ...
Welcome Back to the Daily Aviation as we explore U.S. naval shipyards, and see how destroyers and Littoral Combat Ships are ...
Business Insider recently set sail aboard the destroyer USS Thomas Hudner for an overnight trip from England to France.
The US Navy is plagued by shipbuilding and maintenance issues, and faces a rising China that is rapidly modernizing its naval ...
Amendments passed to the FY 2023 defense spending bill meant that the U.S. Navy would retire four Freedom-class littoral combat ships. The original bill proposed retiring nine, a response to the ...
The littoral combat ship program launched in the early 2000s when the United States military was focused on combating irregular warfare targets, with strategy aimed at counterinsurgency.
Sailors stand a simulated watch on the bridge of the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) Integrated Tactical Trainer (ITT)-2B at the Littoral Training Facility on Naval Base San Diego, March 5, 2020. US ...
Joe Torre, a member of the National Baseball Hall of Fame, speaks during the commissioning ceremony of the Freedom-variant littoral combat ship USS Cooperstown (LCS-23) in New York City. US Navy Photo ...
To determine the ships the U.S. Navy plans to decommission in fiscal 2023, 24/7 Wall St. referenced the article, “Navy Wants to Decommission 39 Ships in 2023,” published by nonprofit military ...
Two littoral combat ships. The Navy is proposing the early retirement of LCSs Jackson and Montgomery, which were commissioned in 2015 and 2016 respectively. These ships were meant to serve for 25 ...
A new U.S. Navy combat ship will soon bear the name of a southern Wisconsin city. The future USS Beloit (LCS 29), a Freedom-variant littoral combat ship, will be commissioned for active service in ...
The U.S. Navy tests its under-construction ships over and over, probing for weaknesses in everything from design to construction. Here's how it does it.