Keywords: USS Freedom (LCS-1) front.jpg en 080819-N-7090S-041 MARINETTE Wis The littoral combat ship USS Freedom LCS 1 the first ship in the Navy's new Littoral Combat Ship class prepares to go to sea to begin acceptance trials conducted by the Navy's Board of Inspection and Survey team in Lake Michigan Freedom is a fast agile focused-mission ship designed to defeat threats such as mines quiet diesel submarines and fast surface craft Freedom is scheduled to be delivered later this year and will be homeported in San Diego Calif http //www navy mil/view_image asp id 62773 U S Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Jhi L Scott/Released Aug 19 2008 General views of USS Freedom LCS-1 PD-USGov-Military-Navy |