The U.S. Navy decommissioned its only four minesweepers in the Middle East last year, but still maintains other countermine ...
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Two US counter-mine ships based in the Middle East are now in Singapore, Navy says
The USS Santa Barbara and USS Tulsa, which are homeported in Bahrain, arrived in Singapore this week.
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Does the US Navy’s LCS finally have a mission?
The Navy has retired most of its dedicated minesweeping vessels—but the Littoral Combat Ship has the same capabilities and ...
A decommission ceremony for the USS Fort Worth, a Freedom class littoral combat ship launched into service in September 2012, ...
Littoral Combat Ships USS Tulsa (LCS-16) and USS Santa Barbara (LCS-32) were docked Sunday in Malaysia, well away from the ships’ homeport Naval Support Activity Bahrain. The two Independence-variant ...
The littoral combat ship returned to its homeport Wednesday following an eight-month deployment that included a rare visit to ...
Four Avenger-class mine countermeasure ships stationed in Bahrain were decommissioned in 2025 after each serving for over 30 ...
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 ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An A-10 Warthog flies by for close-air support while taking part in live-fire training with the USS Santa Barbara on Feb. 2, 2026.
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Why the navy is giving its littoral combat ships a new role
The Littoral Combat Ship program was once envisioned as a flexible new class of warship designed for coastal missions such as ...
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