The Naval News website, which specializes in military matters, reported that the US Navy recently received a new warship. Duluth, Minnesota, recently hosted a ceremony to hand over to the US Army the LCS-21 combat ship, the eleventh Freedom-class ship to be built for the US Navy.

He indicated that work on the manufacture of this ship began in 2018, and the first time it was launched in 2019, and it was planned to hand it over to the US Army in 2021, but the delivery process was delayed after it was decided to finalize it due to technical defects found in the gearboxes connecting the turbines. Gas engines were powered by diesel engines.

This ship is 115.3 meters long, 17.5 meters wide, has a displacement of 2,862 tons, can move at a speed of 30 nautical knots and cover a distance of 4,500 nautical miles per mission. Its weapon system includes 57mm Mk.110 cannons, RIM-116 anti-aircraft missiles, 30mm and 12.7mm machine guns and 324mm torpedoes, as well as MQ-8 drones and MH-60R/S helicopters.