The U.S. Navy commissioned the 13th and final Freedom-variant littoral combat ship USS Cleveland (LCS 31) in a ceremony held in Cleveland, Ohio, May 16. U.S. Navy
Fincantieri Marinette Marine delivered the final Freedom-class littoral combat ship (LCS) to the U.S. Navy, the future USS Cleveland (LCS 31), on 26 November 2025
The U.S. Navy commissioned its newest Freedom-variant littoral combat ship USS Beloit (LCS 29) November 23, 2024, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
The U.S. Navy commissioned its newest Freedom-variant littoral combat ship USS Nantucket (LCS 27) November 16, 2024, in Boston, Massachusetts.
Japan, the Republic of Korea, and United States kicked off the second iteration of exercise Freedom Edge, a trilateral multi-domain exercise, Nov. 13, 2024.
During the Shangri-La Dialogue 2024, South Korea, Japan, and the United States agreed to hold Freedom Edge joint multi-domain exercise
On September 16, 2023, the U.S. Navy held a ceremony for the commissioning of the 13th Freedom-class LCS in Menominee, MI.
USS Cleveland (LCS 31), was christened and launched Saturday, April 15, at the Fincantieri Marinette Marine shipyard in Wisconsin.
The Lockheed Martin-led shipbuilding team launched and Polly Spencer, ship sponsor and wife of the 76th Secretary of the U.S. Navy, Richard V. Spencer, christened Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) 27, the future USS Nantucket, into the Menominee River at the Fincantieri Marinette Marine Shipyard on Saturday, August 7, 2021.
PETER THE GREAT BAY – On Nov. 24 (local time) USS John S. McCain (DDG 56) asserted navigational rights and freedoms in the vicinity of Peter the Great Bay in the Sea of Japan.
