#Independence-class LCS

[ronthedunedain]

The Trimaran hulls of the Independence-class LCSs make them by far the strangest looking warships I've ever seen.

Seen here is the USS Mobile (LCS 26) coming alongside the USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) for a fueling-at-sea. Oct. 1, 2024

Credit: U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Richard Tinker

[lonestarbattleship]

"USS MICHAEL MONSOOR (DDG-1001) leads a formation including USS FITZGERALD (DDG-62), USS Spruance (DDG-111), USS PINCKNEY (DDG-91), and USS Kidd (DDG-100), and USS CORONADO (LCS-4) during U.S. Pacific Fleet’s Unmanned Systems Integrated Battle Problem (UxS IBP) 21.

UxS IBP 21 integrates manned and unmanned capabilities into challenging operational scenarios to generate warfighting advantages."

Photographed by Chief Mass Communication Specialist Shannon Renfroe on April 21, 2021.

US Navy Photo: 210421-N-FC670-1079

[judgemark45]

Independence-class littoral combat ship USS Oakland (LCS-24), 2023

[robogart]

"A wisened monk who in their youth was a powerful warlock over cosmic sorceries. In an ultimate act of disobedience to their patron, their tie to the magical weave was severed and left them bereft of all their spell-casting abilities. However, the compassion of a small amber star gifted them a single thread that yet tethers them into the cosmic weave.

For decades after, this monk has prayed to their star, using their tenuous connection to the magic now carefully woven within their own body, their very flesh and soul acting as a conduit.

They have become a master in the unnamed fighting arts, using their limited magical connection to enhance their attacks into powerful abilities. As a monk, they focus on touch-focused combat and healing, and serve as powerful combatants, independent from their more magically inclined/gifted counterparts. "

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The voted LC Design for this round was Monk with Stars theme! ✨ Download and process is up for the Cutie Pie tier and is available for public use over on my ko-fi for $5! 🥳💖

Reworked the monk class sort of concept a little bit (which I might make a separate post to ramble about)! But this was really fun to design and I hope you all enjoy them too! 💖

[currinsrnznships]

Navy Deploys Destroyer USS Sampson to NORTHCOM Sam LaGrone – June 3, 2025 11:13 PM USS Sampson (DDG-102) conducts a routine port call onboard Naval Base Ventura County (NBVC) Port Hueneme on Nov. 15, 2024. US Navy Photo A West Coast destroyer departed on Tuesday as the latest ship to deploy in support of operations in U.S. Northern Command, reads a statement from U.S. Fleet Forces. USS Sampson (DDG-102) left from San Diego to relieve the Independence-class Littoral Combat Ship USS Charleston (LCS-18), “continuing the Navy’s role in maritime operations that support national security priorities,” reads the statement. “The deployment is part of the Department of Defense’s support to national objectives along the U.S. southern border, following Presidential directives and ongoing interagency efforts to improve border security and homeland defense.” Sampson, like Charleston, has a Coast Guard law enforcement detachment during its deployment. Embarked LEDETs have been a centerpiece of Navy support for the overall anti-trafficking effort in U.S. Southern Command for decades as part of Campaign Martillo. “As a surface combatant assigned to Destroyer Squadron 9, Sampson brings robust multi-mission capabilities to the task of defending U.S. sovereignty and supporting homeland defense operations in coordination with USNORTHCOM,” reads a statement. Destroyers from both coasts have been dispatched to the border to support anti-trafficking and immigration operations. Last week in the Caribbean Sea, USS Gravely (DDG-107) and LEDET 401 seized $13.5 million in cocaine, USNI News reported. Tags and categories: All other Navies and Military, US Military -, US Military - US Naval Ship/ships - via WordPress https://ift.tt/DG18LmJ June 05, 2025 at 12:18PM

[militaryleak]

Royal Netherlands Navy and US Navy Conduct South China Sea Operations

The Royal Netherlands Navy and United States’ Navy conducted bilateral operations in the South China Sea, May 22. Participants included U.S. Navy Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Mobile (LCS 26), Lewis and Clark-class dry cargo ship USNS Wally Schirra (T-AKE 8) and Royal Netherlands Navy De Zeven Provinciën-class frigate HNLMS Tromp (F803). The bilateral operation provided a valuable opportunity to improve allied interoperability and conduct complex scenarios to improve combined readiness. The U.S. Navy regularly participates with allies and partners in high-end maritime exercises and operations, which have continued to grow in scale, scope and complexity, to create combined operations that enhance interoperability, boost deterrence and demonstrate shared resolve.

The Royal Netherlands Navy and United States’ Navy conducted bilateral operations in the South China Sea, May 22. Participants included U.S. Navy Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Mobile (LCS 26), Lewis and Clark-class dry cargo ship USNS Wally Schirra (T-AKE 8) and Royal Netherlands Navy De Zeven Provinciën-class frigate HNLMS Tromp (F803). The bilateral operation provided a valuable…

[ariesthrottle]

Practically every USN guy talked to who could comment on the matter were unhappy with the LCS. Pain the ass in to maintain, let alone repair, and the structural issues (in both senses of the word) eventually justified the early scrapping of not just the ships, but the design philosophy.

Which is a shame, because the Independence class looked sexy as hell, and really looked like the next gen warship that it was promised to be.

If you think the US Navy giving up on the brand new Littoral Combat Ships was bad, you don’t know about that time the navy retired the Mk 13 missile launcher, which was the main weapon system of the Oliver Hazard Perry class, effectively neutering an entire 20-odd fleet of ships, turning them into oversized ASW corvettes for their last 10 years in service.

The funniest thing about it being how on some ships, said system was replaced by a fucking machine gun.

[defpost]

USS Gabrielle Giffords Returns from Rotational Deployment

#USNavy Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Gabrielle Giffords returns from rotational deployment. #LCS10

The U.S. Navy Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Gabrielle Giffords (LCS 10) returned to its homeport of Naval Base San Diego, Jan. 31, following a 17-month rotational deployment to the U.S. 7th Fleet and U.S. 4th Fleet areas of operation. “I am incredibly proud of the Gabrielle Giffords team and all they have accomplished,” said Cmdr. Rion Martin, the commanding officer of Gabrielle…

[navalpost]

U.S. Navy Completed Structural Tests of SSMM According to a statement from the Naval Sea Systems Command on 26th July, a Longbow version of Hellfire surface-to-surface missile module was launched from Littoral Combat Ship Independence Class (name of the ship is not given) on 11 June at the Point Mugu Sea Range, California.

[jeronimoloco]

On board the trimaran-hulled USS Mobile (LCS-26)

I finally managed to get up close with the trimaran variant of the US Navy’s Littoral Combat Ship or LCS. Developed at a time when I dabbled in the design of high performance marine craft, it was always interesting to see the many different approaches that were taken to finding a right fit of a hull form for a naval platform. And the LCS, especially the trimaran design of one of two variants of…

[judgemark45]

USS Tulsa (LCS-16) Independence-class littoral combat ship

[kineticpenguin]

*glances at Facebook*

Okay. I guess I can see why you do that. Some of my friends were in the Navy, I live in a Navy town, and every politician always says stuff like this to show their support for the sainted Local Business. But who is this person, anyway?

Australia? I'd understand if it was a weird location error because I am in a port town in Washington, abbreviated WA, and Australia has Western Australia, also abbreviated WA. But this lady is from Sydney, NSW.

Now, at this point I was kinda tempted to make a snarky comment, because of a fun fact: Many of the Independence-class Littoral Combat Ships the US Navy bought were built by Austal USA, the American subsidiary of Austal, an Australian shipbuilder. Basically it's an Australian company with some local rebranding so the government trusts the foreigners enough with their sensitive tech.

The Littoral Combat Ships are... bad. REALLY BAD. So bad, in fact, that the US Navy is trying to get rid of them. Even if the imagined mission for them still existed, the ships all have the fundamental problem of falling apart at the seams. It has all been a big blunder, the Navy wants them gone, Congress doesn't because Soviet-style make-work projects are fine as long as they're for the military.

But, I gave her page a glance, and she seems okay, and technically, the Austal-built LCS were not, in fact, built in Australia. They were built in Mobile, Alabama. So just another day in the algorithm being weird.

If you've read this far, thanks for allowing me to waste your time.

[sighfrancisco]

what is LC. why is your library switching from dewey. EXPLAIN

everyone follow charlie Or Else 🔪

anyway :) LC is the library of congress classification system! (classification systems are how new/existing books in a library are added to the right location based on subject.)

the short answer to why we’re switching is that LC is considered standard practice for academic/university/research libraries due to having more specificity, being easier to amend, and being relatively more inclusive. the long answer involves a bunch of history you really didn’t ask for, so…enjoy? 💛

Dewey Decimal Classification (DDC) was published in 1876-–basically a huge book with decimal numbers assigned to different books/topics, which Dewey himself developed based on his work at Amherst College’s library. this was a Big Deal because before that, books in libraries were given permanent shelf locations based on the book’s HEIGHT and WHEN IT WAS ACQUIRED. It wasn’t considered important to make libraries navigable to public patrons, because libraries were NOT free to browse. You had to be extremely privileged to look through library collections at all. Dewey’s system was the first in the U.S. to locate books in relation to other books/their subjects, opening up the possibility of public patrons independently locating materials. Dewey’s system wasn’t the only one around, but it was considered the most complete.

In Dewey’s system, there are 10 main numerical classes (numbered 000-900) based on academic discipline, and each class has a number of divisions and sections. The structure of a DDC call number is this number plus the first three letters of the author’s last name. This is the system you would’ve learned in primary school library class, and it is primarily used today at public libraries & schools. Its legibility has given it sustained life through becoming the basis for many other classification systems across the globe. It has its problems, though.

Firstly, Dewey was antisemitic, racist and sexist. These beliefs inevitably impact his classification system. Some examples cited in that second article: Non-Christian holidays are classified under “mythology and religion”; LGBTQ+ books were long shelved under “perversion” and “neurological disorders”; Black history is not classified as part of American history; “women’s work” is a separate category from jobs.

In addition to these equity (/morality) problems, it’s also just a tough system to modify for various reasons. Its baked-in bias is even reflected in the order of those numerical classes, which is extremely skewed toward anglo-american knowledge systems. one good example is the 200 division, which is almost entirely dedicated to Christianity, with all other world religions being put into the 290s. islam, despite being almost if not as large as christianity in terms of population size, is limited to the 297s. the bias is so implicit in the system that it would require years of work for most libraries. (This work is being undertaken through the practice of critical cataloging, which I could write an entire novel-length post about on its own. Just know that if you’re interested in how libraries are combatting their explicitly colonial origins, you should absolutely read up on it. huge shoutout to @chimepunk for being an advocate for libraries for so many years but more specifically for introducing me to this term!)

So maybe you’re like, “Oh, I see! LC must be an equitable, inclusive alternative to Dewey!” Unfortunately, we live in hell ❤️

In 1882, Charles Cutter published the Expansive Classification (with Dewey’s support). It had different classes based on a library’s size, and many subject divisions and subdivisions. It didn’t enjoy nearly as much popularity, as it was considered too complicated, but it DID become the basis for the Library of Congress classification system.

In 1897, the Library of Congress was still using a fixed-location system proposed by Thomas Jefferson (that fun kind of system I mentioned earlier, where books are put in one fixed location based on their heights & dates of acquisition). The collection was growing too quickly to keep that up, though, and perhaps also due to a desire to make the library a little more navigable, the chief of the catalog department at the time (James Hanson) decided to consult with Charles Cutter. Thus, LCC was born. It has its problems, too—not only was it developed for the Library of Congress’s needs (in 1897) rather than having a theoretical basis that could be shared by the libraries that now use the system, but it also has equity issues & biases.

One way of combatting this is by appealing certain subject headings—I highly recommend the documentary Change the Subject, about students at Dartmouth trying to appeal the heading used for immigration. It’s a little under an hour long and free to watch on YouTube! It does a good job of exemplifying how categorization systems really do impact beliefs & experiences—and why having outdated and biased systems is a Big Problem.

ANYWAY. Despite all these issues, LCC is considered more amendable, and therefore better practice for academic & research libraries. I work at a very small, very rural community college library, and for us it’s more a matter of helping our own credibility, and being on par with the other community colleges in our system. Switching even one section (the graphic novels) has taken 2 months so far, because we only have one full-time librarian (I’m part-time and not allowed to catalog until I take my graduate cataloging course per the system office for our state).

another downside of LCC is that it is not intuitive in the way Dewey can be—LCC call numbers look like gibberish if you don’t know what they mean. FOR EXAMPLE: You look up a book and the location listed is BF 1078 .S5 1978 C.1. Hello????? but those letters and punctuation marks all have meanings! (catalogers have to consult existing publications of the different parts that make up an LC call numbers; in my library, it’s a physical, very tall spiral bound tome.) If you’re curious about the breakdown, this article goes over it line by line!

sorry for the essay but thank you for asking ily 💛

[nawapon17]

U.S. Navy commissions Independence-class LCS USS Canberra in Australia - Naval News

[usafphantom2]

U.S. Navy deploys MQ-8C Fire Scout unmanned helicopter in the Indo-Pacific

Fernando Valduga By Fernando Valduga 05/26/22 - 4:00 PM in Helicopters, Military

An unmanned Aerial vehicle MQ-8C Fire Scout and an MH-60S Sea Hawk, assigned to the Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 23, perform simultaneous flight operations as a manned - unmanned team (MUM-T) while boarding the Independence variant coastal combat ship USS Jackson (LCS 6) on May 19, 2022. (Photo: U.S. Navy / Lt. j.g. Alexandra Green)

An unmanned Aerial vehicle MQ-8C Fire Scout and an MH-60S Sea Hawk, assigned to the Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 23, perform simultaneous flight operations as a manned - unmanned team (MUM-T) while boarding the Independence variant coastal combat ship USS Jackson (LCS 6) on May 19, 2022. (Photo: U.S. Navy / Lt. j.g. Alexandra Green)

Northrop Grumman's MQ-8C Fire Scout, the U.S. Navy's unmanned and autonomous helicopter system, made its second operational deployment and first deployment in the Indo-Pacific Area of Responsibility aboard the Independence-class coastal combat ship USS Jackson (LCS-6).

"While Fire Scout will still be active on the remaining coastal combat ships, the system is being built on the design of the Constellation-class frigate, most notably on the USS Constellation (FFG-62), as well as on other classes of ships," said Captain Dennis Monagle, U.S. Navy.

The MQ-8C Fire Scout continues to be deployed on coastal combat ships with future planned deployments in Constellation-class guided missile frigates and ground site operations under the Expeditionary Advance Base Operations concept, including potential logistical cargo paper. Other potential future functions for the MQ-8C include mine countermeasures and anti-submarine warfare.

The initial deployment of the MQ-8C Fire Scout was on board the USS Milwaukee (LCS-5) in the Caribbean Sea. He provided greater maritime intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance and segmentation (ISR&T).

1st class aviation electronics technician Corie Wooldridge, from San Marcos, California, performs ground maneuvers on an MQ-8C Fire Scout, linked to the 'Wildcards' of the Helicopter Sea Combat (HSC) Squadron 23, assigned to the coastal combat ship USS Jackson (LCS 6). (Photo: U.S. Navy / Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Charles DeParlier)

The MQ-8C Fire Scout supports advanced features, including the demonstration of manned and unmanned teams (MUMT), allowing the sharing of sensor information in a distributed force, further increasing survivability, reducing the risk and load of manned aircraft and increasing weapon capacity.

Tags: Military AviationNorthrop Grumman MQ-8 Fire ScoutUSN - United States Navy/U.S. NAVY

Fernando Valduga

Aviation photographer and pilot since 1992, he has participated in several events and air operations, such as Cruzex, AirVenture, Dayton Airshow and FIDAE. He has works published in a specialized aviation magazine in Brazil and abroad. He uses Canon equipment during his photographic work in the world of aviation.

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