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USS Detroit Accepted by Navy

The U.S. Navy has accepted delivery of the future USS Detroit during a ceremony on August 12 at the Fincantieri Marinette Marine shipyard in Marinette, Wisconsin. Detroit is the eighth littoral combat ship (LCS) to be delivered to the Navy and the fourth Freedom variant to join the fleet. LCS is a modular, reconfigurable ship, with three types of mission packages including surface warfare, mine countermeasures, and anti-submarine warfare. The USS Detroit is the seventh ship in a long line to b...

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TIMELAPSE: The USS Detroit Gets Ready To Launch

The USS Detroit, the sixth ship in the US fleet since 1813, is preparing for christening in Marinette, Wisconsin. Later this year it will launch and the Freedom Class combat ship will come to Detroit, and when she comes down the Detroit River it will be quite a spectacle. Some quick facts. The ship is 387 feet long, her top speed is expected to be 45 knots (or 52 miles an hour) and the USS Detroit will be able to be at sea for 21 days at a time. She will have guns and torpedoes, and even three...

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