The Littoral combat ship Freedom will spend the next week in postrepair shakedown cruising off the C

The Littoral combat ship Freedom will spend the next week in postrepair shakedown cruising off the California Coast


The Littoral combat ship Freedom will spend the next week in postrepair shakedown cruising off the California Coast
By Christopher P. Cavas - Staff writer
Posted : Monday Jun 7, 2010 18:41:10 EDT

The littoral combat ship Freedom will miss the Canadian Navy’s 100th birthday party next week and instead spend more time preparing for a major fleet exercise, the Navy announced Monday.

Other U.S. Navy ships scheduled to attend, including the aircraft carrier Ronald Reagan and cruiser Chosin, will still take part in the International Fleet Review scheduled for June 9-14 at Victoria, British Columbia.

The Freedom has been at San Diego since finishing up her maiden deployment April 23. A number of minor problems cropped up during her cruise, including, according to Naval Surface Forces, minor leaks “in both the port and starboard splitter gear lube oil coolers.”

Additionally, “cracks and minor structural damage was discovered in one of the centerline fuel tanks,” the Navy said.

Freedom will carry out postrepair shakedown cruising off the southern California coast this week, and is scheduled to head out in mid-June for Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, and the bi-annual Rim of the Pacific exercises.



unhappycamper comment: I would have thought that (for $504 million dollars) we could actually buy a ship that works directly from the factory. Guess not.

It's the "warranty" period to have the builder fix what breaks.

She's already had her sea trials and has been deployed on missions. She's now going through another shakedown after being dry docked in San Diego.

and go cruising off the California coast!

A deluxe double-wide with all the options. Throw in a swimming pool. Why scrimp on something that has to chase down hijacked tramp steamers and fishing trawlers?