
The Navy accepted delivery of the future USS Marinette (LCS-25) Freedom-variant Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) on Feb. 3 at the builder’s Fincantieri Marinette Marine shipyard in Marinette, Wis. The odd-numbered Freedom-variant LCSs are built by Fincantieri in Marinette under prime contractor Lockheed Martin [LMT]. The Navy is also procuring even-numbered Independence-variant LCSs, built by Austal USA in Mobile, Ala. Delivery followed the successful completion of acceptance trials by LCS-25 in November. During those trials, the Navy’s Board in Inspection and…