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Maritime Security Vessel News Roundup | October 3 – Italian and Australian patrol vessels plus US Navy surface ships

The US Navy welcomes a surface combatant into service while the Italian Navy takes delivery of a new offshore patrol ship. Construction continues on a future US Navy aircraft-capable amphibious ship. Finally, a Western Australia government office places an order for a multi-role vessel that will be built locally. US Navy commissions littoral combat ship […]

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Maritime Security Vessel News Roundup | July 25 – Singapore’s newest submarine, Hellenic Navy frigate construction and more

The US Navy commissions a new littoral combat ship as the US Coast Guard and the Republic of Singapore Navy take delivery of a fast cutter and a submarine, respectively. ..

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Maritime Security Vessel News Roundup | May 19 – Russian and Qatari corvettes plus US Navy and Coast Guard surface vessels

It’s an all-delivery roundup with new corvettes for the Qatari and Russian navies, a littoral combat ship for the US Navy, and a fast cutter for the US Coast Guard. Lit ..

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Navy Talks Details on LCS Mine Countermeasures Mission Package

MCM UUV in the mission bay of an Independence-class Littoral Combat Ship. US Navy Photo

After several years of delays, the Navy’s mine countermeasures mission package for the Littoral Combat Ship has finally reached its initial operating capability.

Last year, the Navy tested the mission package and its systems aboard Independence-class LCS USS Cincinnati (LCS-20), leading the service to announce last week that the MCM mission package achieved the IOC milestone.

The mission package includes...

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SECNAV, CNO Pushing Plans to Decommission 11 Warships in Fiscal Year 2024

USS Vicksburg (CG-69) getting repaired at BAE Systems Norfolk Ship Repair, Va., on April 8, 2022. Christopher P. Cavas Photo used with permission

THE PENTAGON – After unveiling a budget that wants to decommission 11 warships next year, Navy officials are appealing to the public to allow the service to move ahead with their proposal.

Officials last week reiterated the Navy’s divest-to-invest approach, which argues the service needs to shed older ships to invest in newer capabilities and platforms.

https://news.usni.org/2023/03/20/secnav-cno-pushing-plans-to-decommission-11-warships-in-fiscal-year-2024

Navy Wants Independence LCS in Bahrain for Mine Countermeasure Mission

Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Jackson (LCS-6) pierside in Guam. US Navy Photo

ARLINGTON, Va. — The Navy could deploy the aluminum hull, Independence-class Littoral Combat Ship to the Middle East as part of a future mine-countermeasures force in U.S. Central Command, service officials said.

Vice Adm. Roy Kitchener, the commander of Naval Surface Forces, said the Navy could send up to two of the Independence-class to Bahrain with a variant of the LCS MCM mission package in the same...

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Maritime Security Vessel News Roundup | July 26 – Thai and Alabama police boats, US and Saudi naval ship deliveries and more

New patrol boats were recently delivered to the Royal Thai Police and a law enforcement agency in Alabama. A new navy ship enters service with Saudi Arabia and constructi ..

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Future US Navy littoral combat ship Augusta hits the water

Austal USA launched the US Navy’s 17th Independence-variant littoral combat ship (LCS) into the water at its Mobile, Alabama facilities on Monday, May 23. The futur ..

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GAO Report on Littoral Combat Ship Program

The following is the Government Accountability Office report, Littoral Combat Ship: Actions Needed to Address Significant Operational Challenges and Implement Planned Sustainment Approach on Feb. 24, 2022.

From the report

What GAO Found

The Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) fleet has not demonstrated the operational capabilities it needs to perform its mission. Operational testing has found several significant challenges, including the ship’s ability to defend itself if attacked and failure rates of...

https://news.usni.org/2022/02/25/gao-report-on-littoral-combat-ship-program

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