The U.S. Navy will commission the future Freedom-variant Littoral Combat Ship USS Cleveland (LCS 31) on May 16, 2026, in ...

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 ...

The littoral combat ship USS Canberra sails in the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility, May 26, 2025. (U.S. Navy) U.S. Navy counter-mine ships that replaced minesweepers last year in Bahrain ...

The littoral combat ships have yet to prove they are fully operational and represent a class of ships that has a long, ...

The U.S. Navy decommissioned half of its Avenger-class mine countermeasure ships last year and began replacing them with littoral combat ships that possess anti-mine capabilities. Naval mine warfare ...

U.S. Navy Secretary Donald Winter announced late March 15 that he is ready to lift a previously issued stop-work order against Lockheed Martin over one of its Littoral Combat Ships (LCS) if the ...

The US Navy appears to believe that its Littoral Combat Ships are not up to the task of taking on Iranian naval mines. President Donald Trump has suggested that the Iranian Navy’s ability to deploy ...