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Major Shift Comes to Fincantieri Marinette Marine as Freedom LCS Line Ends

Ship sponsor Robyn Modly christens USS Cleveland (LCS-31), launches into the Menominee River. Lockheed Martin Photo

MARINETTE, Wis. – Three ships moored on the Wisconsin side of the Menominee River mark the end of a 20-year-long era of shipbuilding for the United States Navy.

The trio of Lockheed Martin Freedom-class Littoral Combat Ships will leave Fincantieri Marinette Marine and travel through the narrow waterway leading to the Green Bay that feeds Lake Michigan so the yard can make room for...

https://news.usni.org/2023/04/25/major-shift-comes-to-fincantieri-marinette-marine-as-freedom-lcs-line-ends

Freedom-class Littoral Combat Ship Marinette Delivers to Navy

USS Marinette (LCS-27) Photo by Lockheed Martin

Lockheed Martin delivered the future USS Marinette (LCS-25) to the Navy at Fincantieri Marinette Marine shipyard, in Marinette, Wisc., the service announced in a Friday news release.

Marinette is the Navy’s 25th Littoral Combat Ship and is a Freedom-class variant. The ship is the second to be named after the Wisconsin city – the first a former tugboat (YTB-7910).

The ship is expected to be commissioned in June 2023, according to the Navy release....

https://news.usni.org/2023/02/06/freedom-class-littoral-combat-ship-marinette-delivers-to-navy

Lockheed Martin Delivers 12th Freedom-Class LCS Cooperstown

Cooperstown (LCS-23) during sea trials. Lockheed Martin Photo

The Navy took delivery of the Freedom-class Littoral Combat Ship Cooperstown (LCS-23) at the Fincantieri Marinette Marine shipyard in Marinette, Wis., Naval Sea Systems Command announced late last week.

Coopertown is the 12th Freedom-class variant that Lockheed Martin turned over to the Navy and the second delivered with a fix to the complex gearing mechanism that links the ship’s gas turbines to its diesel engines.

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https://news.usni.org/2022/09/26/lockheed-martin-delivers-12th-freedom-class-lcs-cooperstown