The Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) program was intended to usher in a new type of lightweight, affordable ship for the U.S. Navy ...

The future USS Cleveland slipped into its namesake city’s harbor on May 9, 2026, greeted by local officials and a small crowd ...

The USS Cleveland is the 16th and final Freedom-class littoral combat ship to enter service, as the Navy tries to get rid of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Shipbuilder Austal USA delivered the final Independence-class littoral combat ship to the U.S. Navy on Friday, marking the end of ...

USS Cleveland (LCS-31) sits pierside during the ship’s commissioning ceremony in Cleveland, Ohio, May 16, 2026. US Navy photo The Navy commissioned the final Littoral Combat Ship on Saturday in ...

The USS Cleveland will be the final Littoral Combat Ship to enter service—ending a long, and not entirely positive, saga for ...

Any recent perusal of the defense news or blog pages would suggest the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) is in for a rough year. The USS Milwaukee (LCS 5), the newest commissioned LCS unit, suffered a ...

WASHINGTON, May 28 (Reuters) - U.S. Navy Secretary Ray Mabus defended the embattled $34 billion Littoral Combat Ship program on Wednesday and said the ability to reconfigure the ships to carry out ...

The future USS Cleveland arrived in its namesake city on Saturday, starting a week of events that will end with the ship ...

The Independence-class LCS has been re-adapted for use as a minesweeper, although there are concerns that its aluminum hull might not be ideally suited for that purpose. Delivery of LCS-38 marked the ...