Upgraded LCS Starts Certification Trials

Credit: U.S. Navy
The sun burns through the morning fog in San Diego as the Navy's first Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) USS Freedom gets underway for certification trials under Cmdr. Tim Wilke, the commanding officer. As Freedom steers toward the harbor, Wilke tells the crew by intercom that the trials are “our Super...

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