A littoral combat ship (LCS) is either of two classes of relatively small surface vessels designed for littoral warfare in near-shore operations by the United States Navy.

Mar 10, 2025 · The Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) is a fast, agile, mission-focused warship designed to operate in near-shore environments to counter 21st-century threats.

LCS is a transformational ship that introduces a new concept of operation, deployment, and manning for a surface combatant. It is a focused-mission ship designed for speed and …

The Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Santa Barbara (LCS 32) Blue crew conducts a change of command ceremony on the ship's flight deck, Nov. 22. Littoral Combat Ships are …

The Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Manchester (LCS 14) is underway in the eastern Pacific. Littoral combat ships are high-speed, agile, shallow draft, mission-focused …

round. LCS is a “modular warship concept” primarily designed to complement the Navy’s larger multi-mission surface combatants in select warfare mission areas and combat threats in the …

Apr 17, 2017 · SAN DIEGO - Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) Crew 204, which had been deployed aboard USS Coronado (LCS 4) since June 2016, returned to San Diego April 16 following the …

USS Fort Worth (LCS-3) is a Freedom -class littoral combat ship of the United States Navy. She is the first ship to be named after Fort Worth, Texas, the 12th-most populous city in the United …

Planning for a class of small, multipurpose warships to operate in the littoral zone began in the early 2000s. The construction contract was awarded to Lockheed Martin's LCS team …

Crew: 40 officers and enlisted. The Freedom and Independence variant of the Littoral Combat Ship is the U.S. Navy’s newest warship and is a fast, agile, focused-mission platform designed...