Shipbuilder Austal USA delivered the final Independence-class littoral combat ship to the U.S. Navy on Friday, marking the ...

The delivery of the final Independence-class vessel closes a significant and controversial chapter in US naval shipbuilding history.

The Littoral Combat Ship was meant to be the Navy's big breakthrough, but became one of the most controversial chapters in ...

Austal USA delivered the final Independence-class Littoral Combat Ship to the Navy Friday, the shipbuilder announced. Future ...

PHILIPPINE SEA (Oct. 1, 2019) Independence-variant littoral combat ship Gabrielle Giffords launches a Naval Strike Missile (NSM) during exercise Pacific Griffin.

The littoral combat ship Independence was decommissioned Thursday in San Diego — leaving the fleet with 22 littoral combat ships. The Independence, which was commissioned in 2010, was one of the ...

Time to start calling the Independence Class a surveillance frigate. In all the debate over the Navy’s battered and largely derided Littoral Combat Ship concept, the Independence Class LCS has ...

Navy Declares IOC On Independence-Variant Littoral Combat Ship; Future Of Mine Warfare Package Still Unclear. Megan Eckstein. January 21, 2016 7:30 AM - Updated: January 20, 2016 5:00 PM.

The vessel will be the 13th Independence variant in the Navy fleet. Littoral combat ships are fast, agile, focused-mission platforms designed for operation in near-shore environments but capable ...

Austal USA delivered the final Independence-class littoral combat ship (LCS) to the U.S. Navy on July 11, 2025.

The USS Independence, lead vessel in a class of littoral combat ships, was ceremonially decommissioned at Naval Base San Diego, ending 11 years of service.