{"id":38093,"date":"2022-11-09T19:34:25","date_gmt":"2022-11-09T19:34:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2022\/11\/09\/three-year-old-lcs-wichita-suffers-propulsion-plant-casualty\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T20:10:20","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T20:10:20","slug":"three-year-old-lcs-wichita-suffers-propulsion-plant-casualty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/naval\/2022\/11\/09\/three-year-old-lcs-wichita-suffers-propulsion-plant-casualty\/","title":{"rendered":"Four-year-old LCS Wichita suffers propulsion plant casualty"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The littoral combat ship Wichita suffered a problem in its propulsion plant last month as the ship was on its way home from deployment. But Navy officials say they do not think the mishap was due to the same combining gear issue<\/a> that has hobbled other Freedom-class LCS in recent years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

No one was injured in the Oct. 19 mishap, and Naval Surface Force Atlantic officials declined to provide further details, citing an ongoing investigation into the cause.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But the casualty was significant enough that the Naval Safety Command has dubbed it a \u201cClass A\u201d mishap, which involves damages exceeding $2.5 million.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Wichita was commissioned in January 2019, less than four years ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The warship was able to return to its home port in Mayport, Florida, under its own power two days later, following a deployment to U.S. 4th Fleet, where it helped interdict nearly 10,000 pounds of cocaine in the Caribbean Sea, according to a Navy release and SURFLANT spokesman Lt. Cmdr. Jason Fischer.<\/p>\n\n\n\t