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Freedom Returns To Service After Repairs Made To Downed Diesel Generators

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By Geoff Fein The USS Freedom (LCS-1) returned to duty Wednesday after making repairs to one of two downed ship service diesel generators (SSDG) during a scheduled refueling stop in Panama, the Navy said. Sometime before March 1, Freedom lost two of its forward generators (Nr 1 and 2). The ship is outfitted with four SSDGs, but is capable of operating on only two, Lt. Cmdr. Chris Servello, a Navy spokesman, told Defense Daily yesterday "USS Freedom can operate normally…

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