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LCS Fort Worth Underway On Deployment to Singapore

Defense Daily Staff

Wednesday, November 19th, 2014

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LCS Fort Worth Underway On Deployment to Singapore

The USS Fort Worth (LCS-3) sailing out of San Diego in route to Singapore in 2014. (Photo: U.S. Navy)

The Littoral Combat Ship USS Fort Worth (LCS-3) has begun its journey to Singapore on its first major overseas deployment that will be the longest of any so far for the class of ships designed to fight in coastal areas. The Fort Worth left its homeport of San Diego on Tuesday for the 16-month deployment and will stop in Hawaii and Guam before arriving in Singapore. The Navy said the sailing is part of its strategic shift to the Asia-Pacific…

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