The Freedom-class is one of two classes of the littoral combat ship program built for the United States Navy.
Freedom, showing a camouflage scheme, on sea trials in February 2013
Freedom in February 2013 showing her large helideck and a RAM launcher on the hangar
An MH-60 Seahawk helicopter approaching Freedom in 2009
The Independence class is a class of littoral combat ships built for the United States Navy.
Freedom-class littoral combat ship
…manufacturer) as a contender for a fleet of small, multipurpose warships to operate in the littoral zone. Two ships were approved to compete with the Independence-class design offered by General Dynamics and Austal for a construction contract of up to 55 vessels. Despite plans in 2004 to only accept two each of the…
USS Gabrielle Giffords in the Philippine Sea, October 2019
Independence under construction, 2007.
The trimaran design USS Independence
The Trimaran hull of an Independence-class LCS