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Post by ferryfast admin on Aug 24, 2011 13:44:12 GMT -5
Pictured-LCS Freedom
Marinette Marine starts work on USS Milwaukee, 5th littoral combat ship
Green Bay Press-Gazette www.greenbaypressgazette.com/article/20110823/GPG03/108230505/1247/Marinette-Marine-starts-work-5th-littoral-combat-ship
MARINETTE — Lockheed Martin said Monday its team of shipbuilders started construction on the fifth littoral combat ship at Marinette Marine Corp.
The future USS Milwaukee is expected to be delivered to the Navy in 2014.
LCS 5 is the first of 10 Freedom-variant ships awarded to Lockheed Martin by the Navy in December. The ships will be built in Marinette.
LCS 3, the future Fort Worth, is under construction at Marinette Marine and is expected to be delivered to the Navy next year.
— Press-Gazette
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