Navy launches second LCS, first ship demos propulsion

The U.S. Navy’s two, very different Littoral Combat Ships (LCS) are in the water, with LCS 1 testing its propulsion systems and LCS 2 launching for the first time. LCS 1, the Freedom, is Lockheed Martin’s competitive bid: a 378-foot survivable, semi-planing steel monohull structure. On April 30...

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