Littoral combat ship
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A littoral combat ship is a relatively small surface vessel designed for littoral warfare in near-shore operations. There are two LCS ship classes deployed by the United States Navy. The LCS was "envi
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
The Independence class is a class of littoral combat ships built for the United States Navy.
Littoral combat ship
…missions in practice has been called into question. Littoral combat ships are comparable to corvettes found in other navies. The Freedom class and the Independence class are the two LCS variants. Each is slightly smaller than the U.S. Navy's earlier Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate but larger than Cyclone-class patrol…
USS Gabrielle Giffords in the Philippine Sea, October 2019
Independence under construction, 2007.
The Trimaran hull of an Independence-class LCS