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LCS-9 Departs Montreal After Three-Month Ice Delay

Tuesday, April 3rd, 2018

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LCS-9 Departs Montreal After Three-Month Ice Delay

The USS Little Rock was launched in July 2015. Photo: Lockheed Martin.

The Littoral Combat Ship USS Little Rock (LCS-9) has finally left Montreal, Canada this week after getting caught there for three months due to icey conditions preventing it from traveling to its homeport at Naval Station Mayport, Fla.LCS-9 finished acceptance trials last September, with what builders Lockheed Martin [LMT] and Fincantieri Marinette Marine (FMM) touted as the highest score of any Freedom-variant LCS to date (Defense Daily, Sept. 1, 2017).#CCGShip DES GROSEILLIERS escorting the "USS Little Rock" this morning, 31-Mar-18,…

Congress

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Congress

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Congress

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