The Independence class is a class of littoral combat ships built for the United States Navy.
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
The Freedom-class is one of two classes of the littoral combat ship program built for the United States Navy.
Independence-class littoral combat ship
…smaller, agile, multipurpose warships to operate nearshore in the littoral zone. Initially two ships were approved, to compete with Lockheed Martin's Freedom-class design. Despite initial plans to only build ships of the winner out of the two competing Independence or Freedom classes, in 2010 the Navy announced…
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