The USS Freedom (LCS-1) departed San Diego on Friday en route to Singapore for an eight-month deployment and the first major oversees operation for the first of the Navy’s Littoral Combat Ships. Freedom, sporting a new camouflage paint job, and its crew of 53 are expected to arrive in the tiny Southeast Asian nation in mid-April after making port calls in Pearl Harbor, Guam and other possible spots. The deployment is an opportunity for the Navy to assess the ship’s…
LCS Freedom Undertaking First Major Overseas Deployment
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