The final Independence-class LCS will now be retooled for mine warfare, and the ships may finally serve a helpful purpose, replacing aging minesweepers. Last week, Austal USA delivered the 19th and ...

Shipbuilder Austal USA delivered the final Independence-class littoral combat ship to the U.S. Navy on Friday, marking the end of a construction phase that’s lasted 15 years. The Alabama-based Austal ...

Key Points and Summary - The U.S. Navy is moving to retire several Littoral Combat Ships after barely a decade in service, an unusually early exit for frontline warships. -Conceived as fast, modular ...

July 28, 2025: U.S. Navy is allowing the Marine Corps to have several trimaran Independence class Littoral Combat Ships/LCS ships as Littoral Explosive Ordnance Neutralization/LEON vessels. In plant ...

Recent shipboard tests of the Griffin missile prove that it will work with the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) surface warfare (SUW) mission module package, but the U.S. Navy is still looking at ...

Families welcome the USS Savannah as it returns to Naval Base San Diego. (Photo by Kassandra Alanis/U.S. Navy) The littoral combat ship USS Savannah returned to Naval Base San Diego this week ...

The U.S. Navy just wrapped up celebrations of its 250th anniversary throughout 2025, including programming in Philadelphia in ...

A LUCAS drone launches from the USS Santa Barbara in the Arabian Gulf. (Photo courtesy of the Navy) The crew of the USS Santa Barbara and personnel from U.S. Naval Forces Central Command successfully ...

Littoral Combat Ship 11, the future USS Sioux City, has completed Acceptance Trials and is now one step closer to joining the U.S. Navy fleet. Our Freedom-variant LCS is a lethal ship, designed to ...