Goodbye ‘Freedom’ and ‘Independence’? US Navy plans to retire underpowered ships over objections from Congress
19 May, 2021 USS ‘Independence’ (LCS-2) will be decommissioned on July 31, while the ‘Freedom’ (LCS-1) will join the reserve fleet at the end of September, Navy spokeswoman Commander Nicole Schwegman confirmed to the US Naval Institute (USNI) on Monday.
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