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Continuing Maintenance Woes Keep Freedom From Canadian Fleet Review

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Tuesday, June 8th, 2010

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By Geoff Fein Ongoing maintenance issues with USS Freedom (LCS-1) will prevent the Navy's newest surface combatant from participating in the Canadian Fleet Review later this month. "Due to emergent maintenance, over the last two weeks, the decision was made to not have Freedom attend the International Fleet Review in Vancouver, Canada, in order to ensure the ship is fully prepared to participate in the upcoming RIMPAC exercise," Lt. Cmdr. Chris Servello, a service spokesman, told Defense Daily yesterday. Work…

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