Independence-class littoral combat ship
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
A littoral combat ship (LCS) is either of two classes of relatively small surface vessels designed for near-shore operations by the United States Navy. It was "envisioned to be a networked, agile, stealthy surface combatant capable of defeating anti-access and asymmetric threats in the littorals", although their ability to perform these missions in practice has been called into question.
The U.S. trimaran USS Independence
USS Freedom on sea trials in February 2013 before her first deployment
Aerial view of USS Freedom
Port-aft view of an Independence-class LCS