{"id":45710,"date":"2023-08-16T20:04:06","date_gmt":"2023-08-16T20:04:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/uncategorized\/2023\/08\/16\/navy-decommissions-lcs-sioux-city-after-less-than-five-years-at-sea\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T19:58:53","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T19:58:53","slug":"navy-decommissions-lcs-sioux-city-after-less-than-five-years-at-sea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/news\/your-navy\/2023\/08\/16\/navy-decommissions-lcs-sioux-city-after-less-than-five-years-at-sea\/","title":{"rendered":"Navy decommissions LCS Sioux City after less than five years at sea"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><i>Editor\u2019s note: this story has been updated to include a statement from Naval Surface Force Atlantic.<\/i><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After less than five years in service, the littoral combat ship Sioux City was decommissioned Monday in a ceremony aboard Naval Station Mayport, Florida.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It was the latest early retirement for the costly and troubled Freedom-class ships, vessels conceived earlier this century that officials now admit stand little chance of surviving a conventional battle against China or another nation\u2019s navy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Such ships were meant to serve for 25 years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Once billed as the future of the fleet, the LCS program has been hindered by mission modules that haven\u2019t materialized, as well as class-wide propulsion and hull crack issues that have plagued the Freedom and Independence LCS classes, respectively.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Naval Surface Force Atlantic spokesman Lt. 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David Carter said Wednesday that the decision to decommission the ship \u201cwas not about the material condition.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cUltimately, the Navy has to make difficult decisions on how to invest in the future,\u201d Carter said in an email. \u201cTo maintain our strategic advantage, particularly under fiscal constraints, it is important for the Navy to carefully review our force structure regularly and divest of legacy capabilities that no longer bring sufficient lethality to maximize our effectiveness in deterring and defeating potential adversaries.\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\/2022\/04\/04\/us-navy-reveals-ships-facing-potential-decommissioning-next-year\/\" 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=\"194\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/39966013393_d36742d1db_k.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\">US Navy reveals ships facing potential decommissioning next year<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The Navy wants to decommission 24 ships in 2023. Eight are at the end of their planned lives, but 16 would be retired early and will require a waiver and congressional approval.<\/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\">Since entering the fleet in 2018, Sioux City conducted four deployments between December 2020 and October 2022, including what officials dubbed an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.navytimes.com\/news\/your-navy\/2022\/10\/05\/this-lcs-just-completed-an-historic-deployment\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201chistoric\u201d deployment<\/a> last fall that saw the ship conduct operations in the waters of U.S. 5th and U.S. 6th Fleet, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dvidshub.net\/news\/451395\/uss-sioux-city-lcs-11-decommissions\" target=\"_blank\">according to a Navy press release<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt\u2019s easy to get locked into the day-to-day grind of running a ship and forget about those who came before you and those who hope and pray for your success,\u201d Cmdr. Michael Gossett, Sioux City\u2019s last commanding officer, said at the ceremony, according to the Navy release. \u201cIt\u2019s tempting to engross oneself with the finality of the process. Let us not lose sight of the memories we have made, the culture we have built, and the successes we have had and will endure forever.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1776\" height=\"1184\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/7353683.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-81629\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/7353683.jpg.jpg 1776w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/7353683.jpg.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/7353683.jpg.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/7353683.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,683 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/7353683.jpg.jpg?resize=1536,1024 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1776px) 100vw, 1776px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Littoral combat ship Sioux City conducts a passing exercise with Egyptian Navy frigate ENS Alexandria while transiting the Red Sea, July 30, 2022. (MC3 Nicholas Russell\/Navy)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.navytimes.com\/naval\/2022\/04\/04\/us-navy-reveals-ships-facing-potential-decommissioning-next-year\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Navy announced<\/a> its intent to decommission Sioux City and eight other Freedom-class LCS early in the spring of 2022, part of a move to divest the sea service of as many LCS as possible in order to free up funding for other priorities, a tacit acknowledgement that the LCS fleet has not done what it was originally envisioned to do.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The ships have also provoked congressional ire in recent years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.navytimes.com\/naval\/2022\/06\/24\/the-congressional-fight-to-scrap-littoral-combat-ships-isnt-over\/\" target=\"_blank\">During a hearing last summer<\/a>, Rep. 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The only winners have been the contractors on which the Navy relies for sustaining these ships.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><i>Defense News reporter Megan Eckstein contributed to this report.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The ship was commissioned in November 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