{"id":28241,"date":"2021-10-05T20:44:09","date_gmt":"2021-10-05T20:44:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/uncategorized\/2021\/10\/05\/first-littoral-combat-ship-freedom-decommissioned-in-san-diego\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T19:12:20","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T19:12:20","slug":"first-littoral-combat-ship-freedom-decommissioned-in-san-diego","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/news\/your-navy\/2021\/10\/05\/first-littoral-combat-ship-freedom-decommissioned-in-san-diego\/","title":{"rendered":"First littoral combat ship, Freedom, decommissioned in San Diego"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The USS Freerdom, the Navy\u2019s first littoral combat ship, was decommissioned in San Diego, becoming the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.navytimes.com\/news\/your-navy\/2021\/05\/20\/heres-when-the-first-two-littoral-combat-ships-will-be-mothballed\/\" target=\"_blank\">second LCS the sea service has jettisoned<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Commissioned in 2008, the Freedom was the first of four test and training vessels for the littoral combat ship program, the others being the Independence, Fort Worth and Coronado. 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Larry Repass said, according to a Navy news release. \u201cIn them, the spirit of Freedom lives on.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/news\/your-navy\/2021\/07\/30\/navy-decommissions-littoral-combat-ship-independence\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/210729-N-EQ038-1147.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Navy decommissions littoral combat ship Independence<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The Independence, which was commissioned in 2010, was one of the test and training vessels for the littoral combat ship program.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A small ceremony was held at Naval Base San Diego Sept. 29 with ship plankowners and former crew members, due to COVID-19 restrictions. 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They\u2019re expensive to upgrade.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.navytimes.com\/news\/your-navy\/2021\/07\/30\/navy-decommissions-littoral-combat-ship-independence\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Navy decommissioned the Independence<\/a> in July, and the service said decommissioning the ships \u201csupports department-wide business process reform initiatives to free up time, resources, and manpower in support of increased lethality.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Freedom wrapped up its final deployment, to U.S. 3rd and 4th fleets, April 1. It supported Joint Interagency Task Force South\u2019s mission to battle illicit drug trafficking in both the Caribbean and the Eastern Pacific. 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