The Future Of Littoral Combat Ships

July 28, 2008 when the nation’s first Littoral Combat Ship, Freedom (LCS 1), was put to sea for the first time, marking the beginning of Builder’s Sea Trials for the first-in-class coastal surface combatant. (Image from Flickr)

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Saturday, at a ceremony in Wisconsin, the Navy commissioned USS Freedom, the first of 55 planned Littoral Combat Ships. "An innovative combatant designed to operate quickly in shallow water environments to counter challenging threats in coastal regions, specifically mines, submarines and fast surface craft," is how the Navy puts it.

"Innovative" is right: The ship can accelerate from zero to 40 knots in just a couple minutes -- and navigate waters as shallow as 20 feet. Using manned and unmanned helicopters plus different plug-and-play "mission modules," LCS can perform anti-submarine, counter-mine or surface-warfare missions.

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