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Navy’s Newest Surface Combatant, USS Freedom, Takes To The Seas

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Wednesday, November 12th, 2008

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By Geoff Fein MILWAUKEE--Against the cold grey backdrop of a blustery day along Lake Michigan, the Navy's newest surface combatant, the USS Freedom (LCS-1) came to life on Saturday. "Today, after years of hard work by thousands of engineers, craftsmen, steelworkers, welders, and electricians, Freedom is a United States ship," Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Gary Roughead told the more than 3,000 attendees at Freedom's commissioning. Later, Roughead told reporters that the commissioning of Freedom marks a new direction and…

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