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Navy Stops Delivery of Freedom LCSs After Combining Gear Problem

Friday, January 22nd, 2021

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Navy Stops Delivery of Freedom LCSs After Combining Gear Problem

The future USS Minneapolis-Saint Paul (LCS-21) Freedom-variant littoral combat ship finished acceptance trials on August 19, 2020. (Photo: Lockheed Martin)

The Navy has stopped accepting delivery of Freedom-variant Littoral Combat Ships (LCSs) after finding a problem with the combining gear on the ships. The government investigated a “material defect with the combining gear” on the Freedom-variant LCSs, Navy spokesman Alan Baribeau told Defense Daily in a statement. The Freedom-variant ships are delivered by prime contractor Lockheed Martin [LMT] and built largely by shipbuilding Fincantieri Marinette Marine in Wisconsin. Baribeau said a joint Navy and Lockheed Martin team with RENK AG,…

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