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New Frigates To Start With Single Crews, LCS Study Underway

Wednesday, January 13th, 2021

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New Frigates To Start With Single Crews, LCS Study Underway

Fincantieri Marinette Marine’s winning offering for the U.S. Navy’s FFG(X) Future Frigate program, based on the FREMM frigate built for the French and Italian navies. (Graphic: Fincantieri Marinette Marine)

While the Navy is looking into using a dual crew model for the new Constellation-class frigates, the first few vessels are expected to operate with single crews to start. The Littoral Combat Ships (LCS) currently operate under a Blue/Gold crew concept and the Navy said it has lessons learned from that style and plans to implement them later on the frigate. “I’m going to move very deliberately and slowly in the crewing concepts. So with FFG(X) and if we’re taking…

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