The US Navy has released pictures of its littoral combat ship, ‘Freedom’ (LCS1), the inaugural ship in an entirely new class of US Navy surface warships.
The photographs were taken during a speed run during Builder's Trials. Following the completion of Builder's Trials, Freedom will return to Marinette Marine to prepare for Acceptance Trials that will be conducted by the US Navy's Board of Inspection and Survey. LCS 1 is scheduled to be delivered to the Navy later this year and will be homeported in San Diego. The LCS 1 Freedom class consists of two different hullforms: a semiplaning monohull and an aluminum trimaran, designed and built by two industry teams, respectively led by Lockheed Martin and General Dynamics. The seaframes will be outfitted with reconfigurable payloads, called Mission Packages, which can be changed out quickly. These mission packages focus on three mission areas: mine counter measures (MCM), surface warfare (SUW) and anti-submarine warfare (ASW).
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