The U.S. Navy decommissioned its only four minesweepers in the Middle East last year, but still maintains other countermine ...

Two of three Littoral Combat Ships assigned to Middle Eastern minesweeping duties have made another move in the opposite direction.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The USS Pierre littoral combat ship sails into Panama City, Florida. The U.S. Navy commissioned the 19th and final ...

The Independence-class littoral combat ships were seen docked at Penang amid worries that Iran may mine the Strait of Hormuz.

SAN DIEGO – Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Cincinnati (LCS 20) arrived at its San Diego homeport following ...

USS Pierre — the last of the Navy’s troubled Independence class of littoral combat ships — has passed its sea trials and will be commissioned in San Diego this fall, the Navy says. The Pierre was ...

The US Navy has commissioned the USS Pierre, its final Independence-class littoral combat ship, marking the end of a two-decade program that produced some of the service’s fastest and most adaptable ...

ARABIAN SEA - As the U.S. military increases its naval presence in the Middle East amid heightened tensions with Iran, the USS Tulsa (LCS-16), a Navy ship named for Tulsa, Oklahom ...

The U.S. Navy welcomed another littoral combat ship into its ranks. The USS Nantucket, a Freedom-class littoral combat ship, was commissioned Saturday, Nov. 16 at the Charlestown Navy Ship Yard in ...