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Navy Receives Eighth Littoral Combat Ship

By Marc Selinger

Monday, August 15th, 2016

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Navy Receives Eighth Littoral Combat Ship

USS Freedom (LCS-1). Photo: U.S. Navy.

The Navy formally accepted delivery of its eighth Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) during a ceremony Aug. 12 at the Fincantieri Marinette Marine (FMM) shipyard in Marinette, Wis.The future USS Detroit (LCS-7) is the fourth Freedom-class variant delivered by a Lockheed Martin-led [LMT] team. The ship, which is designed to conduct anti-submarine warfare, mine countermeasure operations and surface warfare, is scheduled to be commissioned Oct. 22 in the city of Detroit. It will be based in San Diego. Six more Freedom-class…

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