USS Freedom (LCS-1) is the lead ship of the Freedom-class littoral combat ship for the United States Navy. She is the third vessel to be so named after the concept of freedom. She is the design competitor produced by the Lockheed Martin consortium, in competition with the General Dynamics–designed USS Independence.

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. It was "envisioned to be a networked, agile, stealthy surface combatant capable of defeating anti-access and asymmetric threats in the littorals ", [ 1 ] although their ...

SHIP: FREEDOM (LCS 1) is the first of her class and the first of her kind. A fast, agile, and networked surface ship, FREEDOM will employ focused-mission packages outfitted with both manned and...

The Navy originally ordered two Freedom-class LCSs, the lead ship Freedom (LCS-1) and Fort Worth (LCS-3), announced in March 2009 by then-Secretary of the Navy Donald C. Winter; the Freedom class is assigned odd hull numbers, with the Independence class using even numbers.

The Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) is a fast, agile, mission-focused platform designed to operate near the shore against 21st-century coastal threats. The LCS is capable of...

Oct 4, 2021 · The former Freedom-variant littoral combat ship USS Freedom (LCS 1) departs Naval Base San Diego, Calif., on Sept. 30 in preparations to be towed to Naval Inactive Ship Maintenance Facility Bremerton.

USS Freedom (LCS 1) conducts visit, board, search and seizure (VBSS) training off the coast of Southern California. The training marked the first time a littoral combat ship, an MQ-8B Fire Scout unmanned helicopter and an SH-60R Sea Hawk helicopter conducted integrated VBSS training - …

Feb 8, 2010 · The Freedom (LCS 1) is the lead ship of the Freedom-class of littoral combat ships (LCS) and the third United States Navy ship to be named for the concept of freedom. The construction contract was awarded to Lockheed Martin's LCS team (Lockheed Martin, Gibbs & Cox, Marinette Marine, Bollinger Shipyards) in May 2004.

Oct 9, 2015 · The USS Freedom (from navy.mil) The USS Freedom was the first littoral, or close to shore, combat ship built by The Marinette Marine Corporation. Mission adaptability is what makes this ship class so unique.

Keel Laid: June 2, 2005 Christened: September 23, 2006 Commissioned: November 8, 2008 Decommissioned: September 30, 2021 Builder: Marinette Marine, Marinette, WI. Propulsion system: Combined two diesel powerplants and two Rolls-Royce MT30 gas turbines, steerable water jet propulsion Length, overall: 378.3 feet Beam: 57.4 feet Draft: 12.1 feet Displacement: approx. 3000 tons Speed: 40 knots ...