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2016-09-22 Government

USS Montgomery becomes fifth LCS to break down within a year

The U.S. Navy has confirmed that the newest littoral combat ship USS Montgomery which the Navy received in June this year, experienced two unrelated casualties within a 24-hour period while transiting from Mobile, Alabama, to her homeport of San Diego on September 13.

USS Montgomery is the fifth littoral combat ship to experience some sort of break down within a year. USS Freedom, USS Coronado, USS Fort Worth and USS Milwaukee are the littoral combat ships that broke down earlier.

Posted by Jinemble Hupaque2357 2016-09-22 11:03|| || Front Page|| [11138 views ] Top

#1 Do they have a breakdown of which breakdowns happened to which classes?

Posted by Thing From Snowy Mountain 2016-09-22 12:22|| 2016-09-22 12:22|| Front Page Top

#2 Well I guess that suspends the F-35 LCS landing trials.

Posted by swksvolFF 2016-09-22 13:01|| 2016-09-22 13:01|| Front Page Top

#3 So... five for five then?

Posted by DarthVader 2016-09-22 13:58|| 2016-09-22 13:58|| Front Page Top

#4 WP: New launch.

Posted by Skidmark 2016-09-22 14:26|| 2016-09-22 14:26|| Front Page Top

#5 Are these the four being sold to Saudi Arabia?

Posted by Skidmark 2016-09-22 14:30|| 2016-09-22 14:30|| Front Page Top

#6 I'd sell these to Iran at this rate.

"Death to America! Allah Ak... *snap* Break... oh fuck!"

Posted by DarthVader 2016-09-22 14:55|| 2016-09-22 14:55|| Front Page Top

#7 Are these the four being sold to Saudi Arabia?

No. It's a "design variant" of the LCS. Which means it's be to outfitted to a more traditional standard, without the F35-like sophistication.

So, no. Not the four current LCSs. Sometimes it helps to read the article.

Posted by Pappy 2016-09-22 15:39|| 2016-09-22 15:39|| Front Page Top

#8 Oooh that hurt!
Weren't these recently, suddenly, transformed into engineering review beta platforms? What I read was the $1.B deal is now pending, but everybody was hot to get on with it last fall.

Posted by Skidmark 2016-09-22 22:42|| 2016-09-22 22:42|| Front Page Top

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