Navy will base Independence-variant LCSs on West Coast, Freedom-variant ships on East Coast

By Justin Doubleday / September 8, 2016 at 6:01 PM
The Navy has introduced sweeping changes to the way it will operate its 28 baseline Littoral Combat Ships moving forward, including a decision to separate where the two different variants of the ship are based. The changes are based on a review of the LCS program led by Vice Adm. Thomas Rowden, commander of naval surface forces in the Pacific. The review studied the program's concepts for crewing, training, equipping and maintaining the LCS. Rowden was in Washington this week...

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