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Navy Receives Its Final Independence-class Littoral Combat Ship

The delivery of the final Independence-class vessel closes a significant and controversial chapter in US naval shipbuilding history. The 19th and final Independence-class Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) ...
The National Interest

The Independence-class Ships Are Upping Their Game—And Teaching the Marines Too

Several of the United States Navy’s Littoral Combat Ships (LCS) have been operating throughout the Pacific in recent months, despite the class’s many previous mechanical and operational troubles. In ...
The National Interest

Independence-Class

Summary and Key Points: In the lead-up to WWII, President Franklin D. Roosevelt recognized the need to expand U.S. naval air power. With limited resources and the urgency of war,... Summary and Key ...
USNI

Navy Wants Independence LCS in Bahrain for Mine Countermeasure Mission

Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Jackson (LCS-6) pierside in Guam. US Navy Photo ARLINGTON, Va. — The Navy could deploy the aluminum hull, Independence-class Littoral Combat Ship to the ...