NATIONAL HARBOR, MD -- The Navy's first Littoral Combat Ship, the Freedom (LCS-1), will dry-dock in a San Diego shipyard later this week awaiting repairs to a starboard boost water jet, according to Naval Surface Forces. "Freedom requires a short dry dock period of three to five days to repair the starboard boost water jet," Lt. Cmdr. Chris Servello, a service spokesman, told Inside the Navy this afternoon. "LCS-1 waterjets have been reliable since the ship launch more than three...
