The U.S. Navy decommissioned its only four minesweepers in the Middle East last year, but still maintains other countermine ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Shipbuilder Austal USA delivered the final Independence-class littoral combat ship to the U.S. Navy on Friday, marking the end of ...

Images of retired U.S. Navy minesweepers being transported up the Delaware Bay sparked online rumors that the United States no longer has mine-clearing capability, but the Navy has already ...

The Independence-class littoral combat ships were seen docked at Penang amid worries that Iran may mine the Strait of Hormuz.

The US said it destroyed 16 Iranian minelaying boats near the Strait of Hormuz on Tuesday, as fears rise of an extended choke ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The USS Pierre littoral combat ship sails into Panama City, Florida. The U.S. Navy commissioned the 19th and final ...

The Littoral Combat Ship was sold as a naval shortcut: a fast, modular vessel that could handle mines, submarines, surface threats and presence missions without tying up larger combatants. Instead, it ...

The US Navy has commissioned the USS Pierre, its final Independence-class littoral combat ship, marking the end of a two-decade program that produced some of the service’s fastest and most adaptable ...

The littoral combat ship USS Canberra arrived at the U.S. naval base in Bahrain last week, the first of four new vessels expected to replace aging mine countermeasures ships in the Middle East, ...

The final Independence-class LCS will now be retooled for mine warfare, and the ships may finally serve a helpful purpose, replacing aging minesweepers. It is just the second warship to be named for ...