American flags lined Lagoon Drive leading into Milwaukee's Veterans Park Thursday morning ahead of the Saturday commissioning ceremony for the USS Beloit. The future USS Beloit (LCS 29) is the U.S.

The U.S. Navy's Littoral Combat Ship program was developed in the early 2000s to tackle threats in coastal or littoral environments. To that end, the U.S. Navy ultimately fielded two distinct classes ...

Key Points & Summary - The idea: The Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) was designed to be a small, fast, and modular “streetfighter” for the littorals, capable of swapping mission packages and outrunning ...

The Littoral Combat Ship was supposed to be the Navy's next big breakthrough — a lightweight, fast, and flexible vessel designed to operate close to shorelines, where larger warships struggled. But ...

USS Beloit, the US Navy's new littoral combat ship, was commissioned on Saturday. Known as LCS 29, the warship is designed for operations in both shallow waters and open seas. The Navy has retired ...