The U.S. Navy welcomed another littoral combat ship into its ranks. The USS Nantucket, a Freedom-class littoral combat ship, was commissioned Saturday, Nov. 16 at the Charlestown Navy Ship Yard in ...

Known as LCS 29, the warship is designed for operations in both shallow waters and open seas. The Navy has retired several Freedom-class ships over maintenance costs and mission capability. The US ...

An MH-60S Knighthawk assigned to the ‘Blackjacks’ of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 21 departs from Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Charleston (LCS 18) in the Strait of Malacca, ...

USS Pierre — the last of the Navy’s troubled Independence class of littoral combat ships — has passed its sea trials and will be commissioned in San Diego this fall, the Navy says. The Pierre was ...

American flags lined Lagoon Drive leading into Milwaukee's Veterans Park Thursday morning ahead of the Saturday commissioning ceremony for the USS Beloit. The future USS Beloit (LCS 29) is the U.S.