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Why the Navy’s troubled littoral combat ship still matters

Can a ship class written off as a procurement mistake become useful precisely because naval warfare keeps rewarding narrow, specialized tools? The U.S. Navy’s Littoral Combat Ship, long criticized for ...
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The U.S. Navy Built Two Versions of the Littoral Combat Ship. Both Were a Mess.

Key Points and Summary - The Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) program is presented as a deeply flawed naval experiment. The decision to build two competing designs, the Freedom and Independence classes, ...
Task & Purpose

The Navy turned its ‘little crappy ship’ into a mine hunter

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The National Interest

Does the US Navy’s LCS Finally Have a Mission?

The Navy has retired most of its dedicated minesweeping vessels—but the Littoral Combat Ship has the same capabilities and could fill in for them in the Strait of Hormuz. President Donald Trump has ...
NPR

Is the U.S. Navy ready to clear sea mines in the Persian Gulf?

In the ongoing war with the United States and Israel, Iran has been threatening to mine the vital Strait of Hormuz, with reports suggesting it may have already placed devices in the narrow shipping ...