News

Navy finally finds something the LCS is good at: Stopping drug smuggling
Littoral Combat Ships are fast, have an embarked helicopter and other equipment that make them good at catching drug ...
The National Interest on MSN1d
U.S. Navy Sends Combat Ships to the Caribbean for Drug-Busting
Once criticized, the Freedom-class Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) proves its value by foiling drug runs in Caribbean missions, ...
National Security Journal on MSN9d
Littoral Combat Ship: $100,000,000,000 Billion U.S. Navy Mistake
The Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) program, initially envisioned as a game-changer for modern naval warfare, has become a ...
The Indianapolis Star11y
Navy plans to name new ship USS Indianapolis
the name be given to the next littoral combat ship (LCS), which are designed to cruise costal waters. The USS Indianapolis entered a dark chapter in the history of World War II. Just after ...
Business Insider9y
USS Sioux City (LCS 11) is the Navy's new ship
The US Navy just welcomed the USS Sioux City (LCS 11) to its fleet. The 387-foot combat warship was released into the Menominee River in Wisconsin on January 30, 2016. Produced by Emma Fierberg ...
Stars and Stripes7d
USS Minneapolis-Saint Paul seizes $12 million worth of drugs in the Caribbean Sea
The USS Minneapolis-Saint Paul (LCS 21), in coordination with the Coast Guard and joint partners, stopped two alleged drug ...
Seapower3d
USS Minneapolis-Saint Paul Makes Multiple Drug Busts
CARIBBEAN SEA — The Freedom-variant littoral combat ship USS Minneapolis Saint-Paul (LCS 21), in coordination with joint ...