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IMDEX Asia: USN confirms LCS deployment plans

16th May 2015 - 05:37 GMT | by Gordon Arthur in Hong Kong

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The US Navy (USN) has publicised its plans for Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) forward deployments to Singapore, with a spokesperson confirming to Shephard that four vessels will be operating from there by 2018.

Changi Naval Base welcomed the first overseas-deployed LCS in April 2013, the first-of-class USS Freedom. The second deployment occurred with USS Fort Worth departing San Diego last November. The latter Freedom-class ship is performing a 16-month deployment, with a crew swap occurring in February.

Whilst attending the OPVs & Corvettes Asia Pacific Conference in Singapore in April, RAdm Charles Williams, commander of the USN’s Logistics

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