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USS Freedom Preparing For Post Delivery Availability Next Month

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Tuesday, December 23rd, 2008

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By Geoff Fein As the USS Freedom (LCS-1) begins her post delivery availability early next month, the ship will undergo some tweaks, including correcting an obstruction in the mission bay that has reduced the swing of the side doors on the mission containers, a Navy official said. The construction does not impede the deployment of equipment from the twenty-foot equivalent unit (TEU) container, Capt. Mike Good, LCS mission module program manager, told Defense Daily Monday. During her trial period, and…

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