As the sun rose Friday morning in Mobile, the last of 19 Littoral Combat Ships built by Austal USA stood ready for its final departure. The moment could be described as the end of an era for the city.

As Austal USA's last Littoral Combat Ship prepares to sail away, it's a time to reflect on what the program has meant.

Shipbuilder Austal USA delivered the final Independence-class littoral combat ship to the U.S. Navy on Friday, marking the end of a construction phase that’s lasted 15 years. The Alabama-based Austal ...

In July 2021, the United States Navy decommissioned the USS Independence (LCS-2) with little fanfare in a pier-side ceremony in San Diego. The namesake of the U.S. Navy’s Independence-class of ...

Inside the Navy’s Decision The U.S. Navy’s decision to retire its first four Littoral Combat Ships (LCS) including the s ...

After decades of setbacks and early retirements, the Navy’s most ridiculed ship is finally doing its job: hunting mines and ...

The Navy has fixed the combining gear in nearly half of its Freedom-class littoral combat ships—including one it aims to decommission in two years. “We are partway through the class of ships in ...

Freedom-class littoral combat ship USS Nantucket (LCS-27), right, ports next to the world’s oldest commissioned warship afloat, USS Constitution, as Nantucket arrives in Boston on Nov. 8, 2024. US ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla, — After losing four littoral combat ships last year, Mayport’s fleet of Naval warships is about to grow by two vessels. The USS Nantucket completed its two-month-long journey from ...