Navy awards another LCS to Marinette Marine

Fincantieri Marinette Marine will build a 16th littoral combat ship for the Navy. Lockheed Martin Corp. photo

Within the Littoral Combat Ship program (LCS), the U.S. Navy has awarded the consortium consisting of Fincantieri, through its subsidiary Fincantieri Marinette Marine (FMM), and Lockheed Martin Corp., a contract to build an additional 387.6’x57.7′, 40-knot LCS.

The new LCS 31, with a draft of 14.1′, will be the 16th ship of the LCS program Freedom-variant, one of the Navy’s main shipbuilding programs. The Fincantieri and Lockheed Martin team is in full-rate production of the Freedom-variant and...

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