The Littoral Combat Ship was sold as a naval shortcut: a fast, modular vessel that could handle mines, submarines, surface threats and presence missions without tying up larger combatants. Instead, it ...

Littoral Combat Ships USS Tulsa (LCS-16) and USS Santa Barbara (LCS-32) were docked Sunday in Malaysia, well away from the ships’ homeport Naval Support Activity Bahrain. The two Independence-variant ...

Images of retired U.S. Navy minesweepers being transported up the Delaware Bay sparked online rumors that the United States no longer has mine-clearing capability, but the Navy has already ...

The US Navy Littoral Combat Ships USS Tulsa and USS Santa Barbara were recently spotted in Malaysia’s Penang amid ongoing Iranian attacks in the Strait of Hormuz ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A new combat ship with the capability of conducting anti-submarine operations has been commissioned into the U.S. Navy. The USS ...

The Pentagon is searching for a new way to move supplies through dangerous coastal ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The USS Pierre littoral combat ship sails into Panama City, Florida. The U.S. Navy commissioned the 19th and final ...

The timing of their presence is set to raise questions about the Malaysian government’s position on the US-Israeli war against Iran.

The US Navy Independence-class littoral combat ships (LCS) USS Tulsa and USS Santa Barbara have been seen at the North ...

Naval Station Mayport’s littoral combat ship fleet is smaller than it has been in years following the decommissioning of two vessels Friday, raising to four the number retired since August. Four other ...

The military keeps trying to get rid of both of them, but the A-10 Thunderbolt II and the Littoral Combat Ship keep finding ways to stick around — particularly in the Middle East. The Navy’s 5th Fleet ...