Shipbuilder Austal USA delivered the final Independence-class littoral combat ship to the U.S. Navy on Friday, marking the end of a construction phase that’s lasted 15 years. The Alabama-based Austal ...

The final Independence-class LCS will now be retooled for mine warfare, and the ships may finally serve a helpful purpose, replacing aging minesweepers. Last week, Austal USA delivered the 19th and ...

The USS Kingsville, one of the last Independence-class littoral combat ships built for the Navy, was christened Saturday in Corpus Christi, Texas. Cmdr. Ludwig Mann III, Kingsville’s commanding ...

The U.S. Navy’s most advanced stealth ships don’t look—or fight—like anything that came before them. In this episode, we take you inside the Independence-class Littoral Combat Ship and the ...

Summary: While countless naval experts canning this warship for years, starting next year, the Navy will homeport four Independence-class littoral combat ships in Bahrain to enhance mine ...

The USS Santa Barbara, an Independence-class littoral combat ship, successfully launched a LUCAS attack drone while operating ...

Kingsville (LCS-38) pier-side at Austal USA’s shipyard in Mobile, Ala., on Jan. 31, 2024. Austal USA Photo The Navy’s penultimate aluminum Littoral Combat Ship was accepted into the service late last ...

(Tribune News Service) — USS Kingsville, one of the last Independence-class littoral combat ships built for the Navy, has successfully completed acceptance trials and will become homeported in San ...

July 28, 2025: U.S. Navy is allowing the Marine Corps to have several trimaran Independence class Littoral Combat Ships/LCS ships as Littoral Explosive Ordnance Neutralization/LEON vessels. In plant ...

March 8, 2024: This year the U.S. Navy decided to reverse its plan to quickly discard its remaining LCS (Littoral Combat Ships) and instead upgrade many of them. In late 2023 it came as no surprise ...