Could the LCS fleet be getting a new mission?A provision in the FY23 defense bill calls on U.S. Southern Command to study the feasibility of permanently assigning LCSs to the combatant command.By Geoff Ziezulewicz5 weeks ago
Four-year-old LCS Wichita suffers propulsion plant casualtyOfficials said they are confident the mishap did not involve the ship's combining gear, an issue plaguing the Freedom-class LCS fleet.By Geoff Ziezulewicz3 months ago
LCS Jackson wraps up first deployment, with decommissioning on horizonThe service’s 30-year shipbuilding plan calls to decommission the Jackson in 2024.By Diana Stancy Correll3 months ago
This LCS just completed an ‘historic’ deploymentUSS Sioux City was still able to deploy despite not receiving a fix for a class-wide propulsion problem, officials said.By Geoff Ziezulewicz4 months ago
LCS Coronado decommissioned after less than 9 years of active serviceBig Navy is looking to divest itself of several littoral combat ships.By Geoff Ziezulewicz5 months ago
The congressional fight to scrap littoral combat ships isn’t overCongress appears poised to save five littoral combat ships from an early retirement, but the chairman of the House Armed Services Committee is saying that the fight to ditch the ships is not yet over.By Joe Gould and Megan Eckstein7 months ago
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