Littoral Combat Ship Runs Aground

The LockMart LCS team technically launched the Freedom from Marinette Marine's Wisconsin shipyard in September 2006, but the ship was really just a shell. The Freedom's engines weren't actually fired up until March 2008, and the entire propulsion system completed testing on 10 July.
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The LockMart LCS team technically launched the Freedom from Marinette... -
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LockMart and GD advocated high-speed civilian ferry designs as models for the... -
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