USS Independence (LCS-2) is the lead ship of the Independence-class of littoral combat ships.She is the sixth ship of the United States Navy to be named for the concept of independence.The design was produced by the General Dynamics consortium for the Navy's LCS program, and competes with the Lockheed Martin-designed Freedom variant. [10]Independence, delivered to the Navy at the end of 2009 ...
USS Savannah (LCS-28)
USS Savannah (LCS-28) is an Independence-class littoral combat ship of the United States Navy. [3] [7] She is the sixth ship to be named Savannah. [7] ... Even-numbered US Navy littoral combat ships are built using the Independence-class trimaran design, while odd-numbered ships are based on a competing design, ...
Littoral Combat Ship Class
The Independence variant is an aluminum trimaran design originally built by an industry team led by General Dynamics Bath Iron Works for LCS 2 and LCS 4. ... USS Freedom (LCS 1), USS Fort Worth ...
Independence-class littoral combat ship
The trimaran design USS Independence. The Independence-class design began life at Austal as a platform for a high-speed cruise ship. The principal requirements of that project were speed, stability and passenger comfort, and Austal's team determined that the trimaran hull form offered significant passenger comfort and stability advantages over ...
The Littoral Combat Ship Can't Fight—And The U.S. Navy Is ...
USS Independence, the lead vessel in the trimaran subclass, will decommission in July. USS Freedom , the lead monohull LCS, will follow her cousin into retirement in September. Freedom is 13 years ...
Littoral Combat Ship Class
USS Freedom (LCS 1), was delivered to the Navy on Sept. 18, 2008. Freedom was constructed by a Lockheed Martin in the Marinette Marine Corporation's shipyard in Marinette, Wisc. ... The trimaran construction is unique to the US Navy and lends the USS Independence some unique characteristics. Its flight deck is the largest of any current surface ...
Navy Quietly Decommissions Littoral Combat Ship Independence
The 3,000-ton Independence and sister-ship USS Coronado (LCS-4) were the first two Independence-class trimaran ships built to compete for the Navy's Littoral Combat Ship contract.
USS Independence (LCS 2) Decommissions After Distinguished Service
SAN DIEGO - The crew of USS Independence (LCS 2), the lead ship of the Independence-variant Littoral Combat Ship, recognized more than a decade of naval service during a decommissioning ceremony ...
Littoral Combat Ship (LCS)
USS Freedom (LCS-1) is the first in the Lockheed Martin Freedom-class of littoral combat ships. ... General Dynamics trimaran. The slender stabilised trimaran mono-hull proposed by the General Dynamics team has an overall length of 127.8m, a maximum beam of 28.4m and full load displacement of 2,637t. The seat frame is based on Austal's design ...
Navy Expanding Littoral Combat Ship Missions as Both Classes Shrink
Navy Keeps Expanding Littoral Combat Ship Missions Even as Both Classes Shrink. USS Charleston (LCS-18) transits the South China Sea at full power on Jan. 22, 2023. US Navy Photo. The challenge to ...
Navy's 'Klingon Bird Of Prey' Passes Key Tests: LCS Trimaran
LCS-2, USS Independence, shows off its unique "trimaran" design. [UPDATED with shock trials] The strangest-looking ship in the Navy is conducting two crucial tests.
Navy Commissions USS Santa Barbara: Littoral Combat Ship Details
The USS Santa Barbara's Independence-class design looks strikingly different from other U.S. Navy ships, with its trimaran hull that is meant to reduce its radar signature. The ship can sustain ...
USS Jackson (LCS-6)
USS Jackson (LCS-6) is an Independence-class littoral combat ship of the United States Navy, and the first ship to be named for Jackson, the capital of Mississippi. ... Even-numbered U.S. Navy littoral combat ships are built using the Independence-class trimaran design, while odd-numbered ships are based on a competing design, ...
U.S. Navy Test-Fires SM-6 Missile From Tiny Littoral Combat Ship
USS Tulsa (second from left) at Pearl Harbor on July 7 2022 for the RIMPAC multi-national naval exercise. Note that visible on her flight deck is the same combo of the yellow AN/TPQ-53 radar and ...
Littoral Combat Ship (LCS)
About The Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) In 2004, the U.S. Navy awarded a final design contract for the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) to Bath Iron Works. Austal designed the seaframe and built the 418 foot aluminum trimaran ship. The first order for a prototype was awarded to the BIW and Austal LCS team in October 2005 and a contract for a second BIW ...
The US Navy high-speed trimaran goes to sea. Independence ...
Coastal combat ship trimaran (class Independence) USS Kansas City (LCS 22), goes to sea from the US Navy base in San Diego.Become a channel sponsor and you w...
US Navy Christens Final Independence-Class Littoral Combat Ship, USS
The Independence version, characterized by way of its aluminum trimaran design, has been built utilizing Austal USA in Mobile, Alabama, since LCS 6. The USS Pierre is the second naval vessel to ...
Littoral combat ship
The U.S. trimaran USS Independence USS Freedom on sea trials in February 2013 before her first deployment. A littoral combat ship (LCS) is either of two classes of relatively small surface vessels designed for near-shore operations by the United States Navy.It was "envisioned to be a networked, agile, stealthy surface combatant capable of defeating anti-access and asymmetric threats in the ...
U.S. Navy Accepts Delivery of Future USS Nantucket (LCS 27)
Freedom-variant Littoral Combat Ship (LCS), USS Nantucket (LCS 27), was delivered to the U.S. Navy, July 29. U.S. Navy press release. Nantucket was accepted from Lockheed Martin at the Fincantieri Marinette Marine shipyard in Marinette, Wisconsin. Delivery follows the successful completion of Acceptance Trials in December 2023.
US Navy fast trimaran testing armament. Independence-class littoral
USS Montgomery (LCS-8) is an Independence-class littoral combat ship of the United States Navy. The LCS is a high-speed, agile, shallow-draft surface combata...
Navy christens USS Kingsville, one of the last Independence-class
The USS Kingsville, ... The Kingsville is a 422-foot aluminum-hull trimaran that is designed to operate in shallow, near-shore waters, primarily to identify and neutralize mines and to conduct ...
Future USS Canberra Will be First Navy Warship Commissioned in
The future USS Canberra, the 16th trimaran variant of the littoral class, will soon head from San Diego to Sydney for its commissioning on July 22 and then officially join the fleet. "I can ...
United States Navy ships
The second ship, and first of the trimaran design, USS Independence, was commissioned on 16 January 2010, in Mobile, Alabama. In 2012, CNO Jonathan W. Greenert stated that LCSs would be deployed to Africa in place of destroyers and cruisers. In late 2014, the Navy proceeded with a procurement plan for enhanced versions of the LCS and upgraded ...
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USS Independence (LCS-2) is the lead ship of the Independence-class of littoral combat ships.She is the sixth ship of the United States Navy to be named for the concept of independence.The design was produced by the General Dynamics consortium for the Navy's LCS program, and competes with the Lockheed Martin-designed Freedom variant. [10]Independence, delivered to the Navy at the end of 2009 ...
USS Savannah (LCS-28) is an Independence-class littoral combat ship of the United States Navy. [3] [7] She is the sixth ship to be named Savannah. [7] ... Even-numbered US Navy littoral combat ships are built using the Independence-class trimaran design, while odd-numbered ships are based on a competing design, ...
The Independence variant is an aluminum trimaran design originally built by an industry team led by General Dynamics Bath Iron Works for LCS 2 and LCS 4. ... USS Freedom (LCS 1), USS Fort Worth ...
The trimaran design USS Independence. The Independence-class design began life at Austal as a platform for a high-speed cruise ship. The principal requirements of that project were speed, stability and passenger comfort, and Austal's team determined that the trimaran hull form offered significant passenger comfort and stability advantages over ...
USS Independence, the lead vessel in the trimaran subclass, will decommission in July. USS Freedom , the lead monohull LCS, will follow her cousin into retirement in September. Freedom is 13 years ...
USS Freedom (LCS 1), was delivered to the Navy on Sept. 18, 2008. Freedom was constructed by a Lockheed Martin in the Marinette Marine Corporation's shipyard in Marinette, Wisc. ... The trimaran construction is unique to the US Navy and lends the USS Independence some unique characteristics. Its flight deck is the largest of any current surface ...
The 3,000-ton Independence and sister-ship USS Coronado (LCS-4) were the first two Independence-class trimaran ships built to compete for the Navy's Littoral Combat Ship contract.
SAN DIEGO - The crew of USS Independence (LCS 2), the lead ship of the Independence-variant Littoral Combat Ship, recognized more than a decade of naval service during a decommissioning ceremony ...
USS Freedom (LCS-1) is the first in the Lockheed Martin Freedom-class of littoral combat ships. ... General Dynamics trimaran. The slender stabilised trimaran mono-hull proposed by the General Dynamics team has an overall length of 127.8m, a maximum beam of 28.4m and full load displacement of 2,637t. The seat frame is based on Austal's design ...
Navy Keeps Expanding Littoral Combat Ship Missions Even as Both Classes Shrink. USS Charleston (LCS-18) transits the South China Sea at full power on Jan. 22, 2023. US Navy Photo. The challenge to ...
LCS-2, USS Independence, shows off its unique "trimaran" design. [UPDATED with shock trials] The strangest-looking ship in the Navy is conducting two crucial tests.
The USS Santa Barbara's Independence-class design looks strikingly different from other U.S. Navy ships, with its trimaran hull that is meant to reduce its radar signature. The ship can sustain ...
USS Jackson (LCS-6) is an Independence-class littoral combat ship of the United States Navy, and the first ship to be named for Jackson, the capital of Mississippi. ... Even-numbered U.S. Navy littoral combat ships are built using the Independence-class trimaran design, while odd-numbered ships are based on a competing design, ...
USS Tulsa (second from left) at Pearl Harbor on July 7 2022 for the RIMPAC multi-national naval exercise. Note that visible on her flight deck is the same combo of the yellow AN/TPQ-53 radar and ...
About The Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) In 2004, the U.S. Navy awarded a final design contract for the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) to Bath Iron Works. Austal designed the seaframe and built the 418 foot aluminum trimaran ship. The first order for a prototype was awarded to the BIW and Austal LCS team in October 2005 and a contract for a second BIW ...
Coastal combat ship trimaran (class Independence) USS Kansas City (LCS 22), goes to sea from the US Navy base in San Diego.Become a channel sponsor and you w...
The Independence version, characterized by way of its aluminum trimaran design, has been built utilizing Austal USA in Mobile, Alabama, since LCS 6. The USS Pierre is the second naval vessel to ...
The U.S. trimaran USS Independence USS Freedom on sea trials in February 2013 before her first deployment. A littoral combat ship (LCS) is either of two classes of relatively small surface vessels designed for near-shore operations by the United States Navy.It was "envisioned to be a networked, agile, stealthy surface combatant capable of defeating anti-access and asymmetric threats in the ...
Freedom-variant Littoral Combat Ship (LCS), USS Nantucket (LCS 27), was delivered to the U.S. Navy, July 29. U.S. Navy press release. Nantucket was accepted from Lockheed Martin at the Fincantieri Marinette Marine shipyard in Marinette, Wisconsin. Delivery follows the successful completion of Acceptance Trials in December 2023.
USS Montgomery (LCS-8) is an Independence-class littoral combat ship of the United States Navy. The LCS is a high-speed, agile, shallow-draft surface combata...
The USS Kingsville, ... The Kingsville is a 422-foot aluminum-hull trimaran that is designed to operate in shallow, near-shore waters, primarily to identify and neutralize mines and to conduct ...
The future USS Canberra, the 16th trimaran variant of the littoral class, will soon head from San Diego to Sydney for its commissioning on July 22 and then officially join the fleet. "I can ...
The second ship, and first of the trimaran design, USS Independence, was commissioned on 16 January 2010, in Mobile, Alabama. In 2012, CNO Jonathan W. Greenert stated that LCSs would be deployed to Africa in place of destroyers and cruisers. In late 2014, the Navy proceeded with a procurement plan for enhanced versions of the LCS and upgraded ...