The U.S. Navy has officially welcomed the long-overdue Mark VI Patrol Boat, a vessel designed for modern coastal operations ...

The ship, which cost nearly $600 million to build, is the last Independence-class LCS to be built for the Navy.

Sailors stand a simulated watch on the bridge of the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) Integrated Tactical Trainer (ITT)-2B at the Littoral Training Facility on Naval Base San Diego, March 5, 2020. US ...

Sailors with the USS Oscar Austin were awarded Combat Action Ribbons for providing air and missile defense during deployments ...

Austal USA celebrated the symbolic keel-laying Friday on what likely will be the last Littoral Combat Ship to enter U.S. Navy service, the beginning of the end for an ambitious, troubled, oft ...

USS Coronado (LCS 4), an Independence-variant littoral combat ship, ... The first was a World War II-era patrol frigate that served for two years before being decommissioned in 1945.

Littoral-Combat-Ships News: Austal USA Plans New Facility And Shiplift In Mobile, USCG's New Cutters Can’T Arrive Soon Enough, Fincantieri Marinette Marine Sunday, April 14, 2024 SUBSCRIBE ...

Indonesia has commissioned its first Italian-built offshore patrol ship and the vessel is now in service as KRI Brawijaya ...

In late 2023 it came as no surprise when the navy made it official that its ambitious but poorly implemented Littoral Combat Ship program would be eliminated. ... Six had operational limitations ...

The Italian Navy's first 'full combat' multi-purpose offshore patrol ship, Giovanni dalle Bande Nere , pictured at delivery from Fincantieri at their Muggiano shipyard in La Spezia on 2 October 2024.

The Royal Netherlands Navy anticipates the delivery of its single Combat Support Ship (CSS), HNLMS Den Helder, in a matter of months. As part of the country’s plan to transform all the ships in ...