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

Cmdr. Bill Golden, center, commanding officer of the littoral combat ship USS Canberra’s (LCS-30) Blue Crew, gives a tour of the ship’s bridge in Manama, Bahrain, May 26, 2025.

A Royal Navy support ship is going into maintenance and will leave few options for the Royal Navy amphibious fleet.

Vice Adm. Brendan McLane, commander, Naval Surface Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet, right, views a mine countermeasures (MCM) mission package aboard the Independence-class littoral combat ship USS Santa ...

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.

A General Dynamics (NYSE: GD) subsidiary has received an $83.5 million contract to sustain the U.S. Navy ™s fleet of littoral combat ships and maintain the vessels’ facilities.

The U.S. Navy has awarded 14 companies spots on two contract modifications worth $419 million combined to provide maintenance, repair and modernization support services for littoral combat ships ...