Photo by Senior Chief Petty Officer Steven Sheffield | Commander, U.S. 3rd Fleet | 04.07.2021
PACIFIC OCEAN (April 7, 2021) Freedom-variant littoral combat ship USS Freedom (LCS 1) with embarked U.S. Coast Guard Law Enforcement Detachment 107 seized an estimated 1,575 kilograms of suspected cocaine, April 7. While operating in U.S. Third Fleet, Freedom intercepted a high-speed vessel suspected of trafficking contraband. (U.S. Navy photo by U.S. Coast Guard Law Enforcement Detachment 107)...
Photo by Seaman Richard Cho | U.S. Naval Forces Southern Command / U.S. 4th Fleet | 03.06.2021
210306-N-RC007-1004 EASTERN PACIFIC OCEAN (March 6, 2021) Aviation Electronics Technician 2nd Class Logan Fields from Bristol, Tenn., raises the flight deck safety nets following flight operations aboard the Freedom-variant littoral combat ship USS Freedom (LCS 1), March 6, 2021. Freedom is deployed to the U.S. 4th Fleet area of operations to support Joint Interagency Task Force South's......
Photo by Seaman Richard Cho | U.S. Naval Forces Southern Command / U.S. 4th Fleet | 01.21.2021
210121-N-RC007-1001 EASTERN PACIFIC OCEAN (Jan 21, 2021) The Freedom-class littoral combat ship USS Freedom (LCS 1) executed a tri-lateral passing exercise (PASSEX) with El Salvadorian and Guatemalan navies Jan. 21, 2021. Freedom is deployed to the U.S. 4th Fleet area of operations to support Joint Interagency Task Force South’s mission, which includes counter illicit drug trafficking in......
Photo by Sgt. Miguel Rosales | 1st Marine Division | 01.13.2020
Members of the 1st Marine Division (1st MarDiv) Staff tour the USS Freedom (LCS-1), on Naval Base San Diego, California, Jan. 13, 2020. The tour was conducted for the staff to view two variants of Littoral Combat Ships and discuss platform capabilities for near-future integration. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Miguel A. Rosales)...
Photo by Lt.j.g. Jasmine Spencer | Commander, Littoral Combat Ship Squadron 1 | 07.26.2019
190726-N-BQ610-966 SAN DIEGO (July 26, 2019) - Cmdr. Larry Repass, a native of Chicago, addresses the audience during a change of command ceremony held aboard the littoral combat ship USS Freedom (LCS 1). During the ceremony, Repass relieved Cmdr. Jose Roman (seated center), a native of Miami, as the commanding officer of Freedom. LCS vessels are high-speed, agile, shallow draft,......
Photo by Lt.j.g. Jasmine Spencer | Commander, Littoral Combat Ship Squadron 1 | 07.26.2019
190726-N-BQ610-468 SAN DIEGO (July 26, 2019) Cmdr. Larry Repass, a native of Chicago, Illinois, gives a speech during a change of command ceremony for the littoral combat ship USS Freedom (LCS 1). During the ceremony, Repass relieved Cmdr. Jose Roman (seated right), as commanding officer of Freedom. Freedom is the first ship of the LCS class and has been in commissioned naval service since......
Photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Cassandra Thompson | U.S. Navy | 05.11.2013
Side boys aboard the littoral combat ship USS Freedom (LCS1) salute Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus during his visit to the ship. Mabus visited Freedom to commemorate her recent arrival in Singapore and deployment to Southeast Asia. Freedom is homeported in San Diego. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Cassandra Thompson/Released)...
Photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Cassandra Thompson | U.S. Navy | 05.11.2013
Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus meets with sailors assigned to USS Freedom (LCS 1) during a trip to Southeast Asia. The SECNAV visited Freedom to commemorate the ship's recent arrival in Singapore and deployment to Southeast Asia. Fast, agile and mission-focused, littoral combat ships are designed to operate in near-shore environments and employ modular mission packages that can be configured......
