{"id":83417,"date":"2026-05-18T22:19:54","date_gmt":"2026-05-18T22:19:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/uncategorized\/2026\/05\/18\/us-navy-commissions-final-littoral-combat-ship-after-years-of-issues\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T20:24:18","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T20:24:18","slug":"us-navy-commissions-final-littoral-combat-ship-after-years-of-issues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/news\/your-navy\/2026\/05\/18\/us-navy-commissions-final-littoral-combat-ship-after-years-of-issues\/","title":{"rendered":"US Navy commissions final littoral combat ship after years of issues"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.navytimes.com\/news\/your-navy\/2026\/05\/18\/ford-carrier-strike-group-receives-presidential-unit-citation-after-historic-deployment\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer\" title=\"https:\/\/www.navytimes.com\/news\/your-navy\/2026\/05\/18\/ford-carrier-strike-group-receives-presidential-unit-citation-after-historic-deployment\/\">U.S. Navy<\/a> welcomed its last littoral combat ship to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.navytimes.com\/news\/2026\/05\/14\/lawmakers-push-for-domestic-shipbuilding-fixes-as-us-navy-explores-overseas-options\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer\" title=\"https:\/\/www.navytimes.com\/news\/2026\/05\/14\/lawmakers-push-for-domestic-shipbuilding-fixes-as-us-navy-explores-overseas-options\/\">active service<\/a> Saturday, marking an end of a program beset by mechanical <a href=\"https:\/\/www.navytimes.com\/news\/your-navy\/2026\/05\/18\/crew-members-safely-ejected-after-navy-jets-collide-at-idaho-air-show\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer\" title=\"https:\/\/www.navytimes.com\/news\/your-navy\/2026\/05\/18\/crew-members-safely-ejected-after-navy-jets-collide-at-idaho-air-show\/\">issues<\/a>, ballooning <a href=\"https:\/\/www.navytimes.com\/news\/your-navy\/2026\/05\/15\/future-aircraft-carrier-doris-miller-delayed-until-2034\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer\" title=\"https:\/\/www.navytimes.com\/news\/your-navy\/2026\/05\/15\/future-aircraft-carrier-doris-miller-delayed-until-2034\/\">costs<\/a> and early retirements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The service <a href=\"https:\/\/www.navy.mil\/Press-Office\/News-Stories\/display-news\/Article\/4494699\/uss-cleveland-lcs-31-commissions-in-namesake-city\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\">commissioned<\/a> the USS Cleveland during a ceremony in Cleveland, Ohio, the last of an LCS era that began on Nov. 8, 2008, with the introduction of the USS Freedom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cToday we celebrate the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.navytimes.com\/news\/your-navy\/2026\/05\/15\/uss-gerald-r-ford-to-return-from-11-month-deployment-on-saturday\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer\" title=\"https:\/\/www.navytimes.com\/news\/your-navy\/2026\/05\/15\/uss-gerald-r-ford-to-return-from-11-month-deployment-on-saturday\/\">sailors<\/a> who breathe life into this ship,\u201d said acting Navy Secretary Hung Cao, who spoke at the ceremony. \u201cTo the officers and crew of USS Cleveland, today is your day.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Cleveland, which is the 16th and final Freedom-class littoral combat ship to join the fleet, is the fourth Navy vessel to be named after the Ohio city.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The first in its lineage was a cruiser commissioned in 1903 that served in World War I, followed by a light cruiser that earned 13 battle stars during World War II and an Austin-class amphibious transport dock that participated in the Vietnam War and Operation Desert Storm between 1967 and 2011. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Cleveland will now travel to its new homeport at Naval Station Mayport, Florida.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Littoral combat ships were designed to support asymmetrical combat operations, providing capabilities such as mine countermeasures, surface warfare and anti-submarine warfare. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But they have faced countless problems since their inception in 2001.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The U.S. Navy <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/breaking-news\/2021\/01\/19\/the-us-navy-halts-deliveries-of-freedom-class-littoral-combat-ship\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\">paused<\/a> deliveries of the Freedom-variant in 2021, 13 years after the lead ship of the class was delivered, citing a design flaw with the ship\u2019s transmission.<\/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\/2026\/03\/23\/the-us-has-counter-mine-ships-homeported-in-the-middle-east-are-they-effective\/\" 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Are they effective?<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Some military and defense experts argue the Independence-class littoral combat ship equipped with the MCM mission package falls short of its predecessor.<\/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\">The Navy later <a href=\"https:\/\/www.navytimes.com\/news\/your-navy\/2022\/05\/10\/the-littoral-combat-ships-latest-problem-class-wide-structural-defects-leading-to-hull-cracks\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\" title=\"https:\/\/www.navytimes.com\/news\/your-navy\/2022\/05\/10\/the-littoral-combat-ships-latest-problem-class-wide-structural-defects-leading-to-hull-cracks\/\">identified<\/a> cracks in the hulls of six Independence-class littoral combat ships \u2014 beginning in 2019 \u2014 after the service noticed a structural defect in the USS Coronado, which was commissioned in 2014.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The problems affected the vessels\u2019 ability to travel at certain speeds and prohibited the platform from transiting through waters with wave heights of eight feet or higher.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Beginning in December 2015, five littoral combat ships <a href=\"https:\/\/www.propublica.org\/article\/how-navy-spent-billions-littoral-combat-ship\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\">experienced<\/a> mechanical issues over a 10-month span.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Concerns over the longevity of the small surface combatants were notable, considering they have a service life of 25 years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Navy eventually decommissioned the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.navytimes.com\/news\/your-navy\/2021\/10\/05\/first-littoral-combat-ship-freedom-decommissioned-in-san-diego\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\">USS Freedom<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.navytimes.com\/news\/your-navy\/2021\/07\/30\/navy-decommissions-littoral-combat-ship-independence\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\">USS Independence<\/a>, the lead ships in both their classes, after the sea service said the ships needed significant upgrades that would cost too much to be worthwhile.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The ships had served for 13 and 11 years, respectively, before their early retirement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Finances were also an issue. Each vessel costs roughly $500 million to manufacture, despite the Navy\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.everycrsreport.com\/files\/20040625_RS21305_da41de9310ee2198945cc5cc554084512544b225.pdf#page=2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\" title=\"https:\/\/www.everycrsreport.com\/files\/20040625_RS21305_da41de9310ee2198945cc5cc554084512544b225.pdf#page=2\">initial<\/a> estimate of $220 million.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Defense Department acknowledged the ship\u2019s shortcomings, too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A 2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/news.usni.org\/2013\/01\/17\/navy-responds-pentagon-lcs-survivability-claims\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\">report<\/a> from the Pentagon\u2019s testing wing said that both littoral combat ship variants were \u201cnot survivable in a combat environment.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The service has decommissioned seven LCS in total since the program\u2019s launch, <a 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