The US Navy has commissioned the nation’s seventh Littoral Combat Ship (LCS), USS Detroit, on the Detroit River, officially placing the ship designed and constructed by a Lockheed Martin-led industry team into active service.
USS Detroit, the fourth Freedom variant in the LCS Class, completed acceptance trials in July and was delivered to the Navy on 12 August. It joins three other Freedom variant ships in the fleet: USS Freedom, USS Fort Worth and USS Milwaukee. Collectively, Freedom variant ships have sailed over 225,000 nautical miles and successfully completed two overseas deployments.
The Lockheed Martin-led LCS industry team is currently in full-rate production of the Freedom variant, with six ships under construction at Fincantieri Marinette Marine (FMM) and three more in long-lead material procurement.
The ship’s modular design and affordable price enables the US Navy to provide presence where and when needed at a fraction of the cost of other platforms.
The LCS team is comprised of shipbuilder Fincantieri Marinette Marine, naval architect Gibbs & Cox and more than 500 suppliers in 37 US states.
“The entire Lockheed Martin-led LCS team is honored to have delivered USS Detroit and witness the ship being commissioned and brought to life in her namesake city,” said Joe North, Vice President of Littoral Ships and Systems. “For decades to come, USS Detroit will serve in the defence of our great nation, enabling the US Navy to carry out its missions around the world and representing our nation where and when needed.”
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Mark Lane is a defence writer for defenceonline.co.uk and the MoD’s Defence Contracts Bulletin. He is also editor of Global Trader, sub-editor of Insider Scotland and a former editor of Business Today.
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