Mar 10, 2025 · The Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) is a fast, agile, mission-focused warship designed to operate in near-shore environments to counter 21st-century threats.

There are currently 22 commissioned LCS in the U.S. Navy (10 Freedom variants and 12 Independence variants). All but two of the Freedom variants are assigned to LCSRON 2 in Mayport, Florida....

The Littoral Combat Ship is the Navy’s newest class of warship. The INDEPENDENCE variant LCS is an aluminum Stabilized Slender Trimaran ship and the FREEDOM variant LCS is a steel Double...

Littoral combat ships are fast, agile, mission-focused- platform designed for operation in near-shore environments yet capable of open-ocean operation. They are designed to defeat asymmetric...

Many know the Freedom-variant Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) as the small surface vessel program the U.S. Navy partners with Lockheed Martin to build. Explore our flexible and adaptable Littoral Combat Ship, outfitted with the most advanced sensors, to the latest missiles, to …

Mar 26, 2025 · The Freedom-variant littoral combat ship USS MINNEAPOLIS ST.PAUL (LCS 21), along with the “Valkyries” of Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron (HSM) 50 Detachment 3 and embarked U.S. Coast Guard ...

Mar 26, 2024 · The US Navy should explore installing and testing Roadrunner drones on the LCS as the LCS has ample flat, empty, and open deck space for the Roadrunner launch boxes. The large flight deck or even empty deck space can allow for the Roadrunner drones to return to the LCS if there is no intercept.

Nov 8, 2023 · USS Charleston (LCS-18) transits the South China Sea at full power on Jan. 22, 2023. US Navy Photo. The challenge to the Navy’s surface fleet came in from the U.S. Pacific Fleet headquarters: deploy six littoral combat ships west of the International Dateline by 2025.

Jan 13, 2020 · The littoral combat ship (LCS) is a new family of surface ships for the US Navy. The LCS is a fast, highly manoeuvrable, networked surface combat ship, which is a specialised variant of the family of US future surface combat ships known as DD(X).

Jan 16, 2010 · of the U.S. Navy’s Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) class is a high-speed, agile, shallow-draft and networked surface ship. The LCS 1 and follow-on ships (LCS 3, LCS 5, LCS 7, etc.) are...