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Navy Report On LCS Cracks Due By End of The Month

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Wednesday, April 13th, 2011

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By Carlo Munoz NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. -- Navy officials reviewing the circumstances surrounding the development of cracks on the first Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) during sea trials earlier this year plan to issue their report by the end of this month, according to the service's LCS chief. The service's analysis of the USS Freedom (LCS-1) is now complete, and Navy officials were finalizing recommendations for Ïdesign and weld” improvements for the next Lockheed Martin [LMT]-built LCS vessel, USS Fort Worth…

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