The Freedom, still with orange primer showing on its hull, sails off the coast of San Clemente Island, Calif. The two 30mm guns of the surface warfare package are mounted amidships atop the superstructure. (Chris Cavas / Staff)
Special Report: Littoral Warfare -- Defense News
U.S. LCS Counts Down to Major Deployment
ABOARD USS FREEDOM OFF THE COAST OF CALIFORNIA — Battlecat 706 whirred on the flight deck, warming up in the dim green glow of the ship's night lights. After a few minutes, the lights darkened even more, and the MH-60R Seahawk helicopter lifted off this littoral combat ship to conduct close surveillance of the Heart of Manila, a suspicious merchant ship.
Below in Freedom's waterborne mission zone, 15 members of Surface Warfare (SUW) Mission Detachment Blue, in full battle gear, quickly boarded an 11-meter rigid hull inflatable boat (RHIB) mounted on a ramp. Freedom's large stern doors swung open, the ramp was angled up, and the RHIB launched into the darkness.
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