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U.S. Navy Conducts SeaRAM Firing Event Onboard USS Indianapolis

#USNavy conducts #SeaRAM missile firing event onboard #USSIndianapolis. #LCS17

The U.S. Navy successfully conducted a SeaRAM (Rolling Airframe Missile) firing event onboard the USS Indianapolis (LCS 17) on July 16, scoring a mission success against its intended aerial drone target.

During this test event, the SeaRAM aboard the USS Indianapolis was employed to detect, track, and engage an inbound BQM aerial target drone and successfully intercepted it with the first and only…

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Future USS Minneapolis-Saint Paul Completes Acceptance Trials

#USNavy's 11th Freedom-class littoral combat ship, the future USS Minneapolis-Saint Paul (#LCS21), completed her acceptance trials in Lake Michigan. #LockheedMartin

The U.S. Navy’s eleventh Freedom-class littoral combat ship, the future USS Minneapolis-Saint Paul (LCS 21), completed her acceptance trials in Lake Michigan.

Trials included a full-power run, maneuverability testing, and surface and air detect-to-engage demonstrations of the ship’s combat system. Major systems and features were demonstrated, including aviation support, small boat launch handling…

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U.S. Navy Commissions Littoral Combat Ship USS St. Louis

#USNavy commissions its 10th Freedom-variant littoral combat ship USS St. Louis. #LCS19 #USSStLouis

The U.S. Navy commissioned on its newest Freedom-variant littoral combat ship USS St. Louis (LCS 19), during an event at Naval Station Mayport, Florida on August 8.

Due to public health safety concerns and restrictions of large public gatherings related to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, the Navy commissioned St. Louis at a private event.

“Nearly 200 years after the first ship to bear…

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U.S. Navy to Commission Littoral Combat Ship Future USS St. Louis on August 8

#USNavy to commission its newest Freedom-variant littoral combat ship, the future USS St. Louis (#LCS19) on Saturday, August 8. #USSStLouis

The U.S. Navy will commission its newest Freedom-variant littoral combat ship, the future USS St. Louis (LCS 19) on Saturday, August 8.

The commissioning ceremony will take place at Naval Station Mayport, Florida. The vessel arrived in Mayport on July 17 after leaving from the Austal shipyard in Marinette, Wisconsin.

Homeported in Mayport as the Navy’s 22nd littoral combat ship and the 10th…

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Lockheed Martin-Led Team Begins Construction on U.S. Navy’s Littoral Combat Ship Future USS Beloit

#LockheedMartin-led team begins construction on #USNavy’s 15th Freedom-variant littoral combat ship, the future #USSBeloit. #LCS29

Lockheed Martin and Fincantieri Marinette Marine (FMM) marked the beginning of construction on U.S. Navy Littoral Combat Ship, the future USS Beloit (LCS 29), with a ceremony in Marinette, Wisconsin on July 22.

As part of a ship-building tradition dating back centuries, a shipyard worker welded into the ship’s keel plate the initials of Major General Marcia M. Anderson (U.S. Army, Retired), USS…

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U.S. Navy's Newest Littoral Combat Ship Future USS St. Louis Arrives in Mayport

#USNavy's newest littoral combat ship future USS St. Louis arrives in Mayport. #LCS19 #USSStLouis

The U.S. Navy’s newest Freedom-variant littoral combat ship, the future USS St. Louis (LCS 19) arrived in Mayport, Fla., on July 17.

After leaving from the shipyard in Marinette, Wis., St. Louis will officially join the fleet in August when it is commissioned in Mayport.

“After a long journey from Marinette, we are excited to bring St. Louis home to Mayport. The crew’s skill, hard work and…

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USS Detroit Completes Historic Counter-Narcotics Deployment

#USNavy Freedom-variant littoral combat ship #USSDetroit (#LCS7) returned to Mayport, Fla., on July 11, following its maiden #US4thFleet deployment.

The U.S. Navy Freedom-variant littoral combat ship USS Detroit (LCS 7) returned to Mayport, Fla., on July 11, following its maiden deployment to the U.S. 4th Fleet area of operations.

Detroit, along with a detachment from the “Sea Knights” of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 22, deployed on March 15, 2020 to conduct U.S. Southern Command and Joint Interagency Task Force South’s enhanced…

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U.S. Navy Littoral Combat Ship USS Detroit Arrives in Key West for Maintenance

#USNavy Littoral Combat Ship #USSDetroit Arrives in Key West for Maintenance. #LCS7

The U.S. Navy Freedom-class littoral combat ship USS Detroit (LCS 7) arrived at Naval Air Station Key West’s Truman Harbor on March 29 to conduct emergent repairs.

Detroit departed its homeport of Mayport, Florida, for the U.S. Southern Command (USSOUTHCOM) area of responsibility on its deployment March 15. Detroit has been underway conducting counter illicit drug operations in support of Joint…

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