Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Shipbuilder Austal USA delivered the final Independence-class littoral combat ship to the U.S. Navy on Friday, marking the end of ...

The delivery of the final Independence-class vessel closes a significant and controversial chapter in US naval shipbuilding history. The 19th and final Independence-class Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) ...

Several of the United States Navy’s Littoral Combat Ships (LCS) have been operating throughout the Pacific in recent months, despite the class’s many previous mechanical and operational troubles. In ...

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 ...