First USN LCS to called "Freedom".

[KrazyHorse]

Indefatigable, Dreadnought etc.

[KrazyHorse]

Repulse, Furious, Valiant,...

[Japher]

They should name them like I do in MoO2:

Dark Niinja
Super Dark Ninja
Bad Ninja
Super Bad Ninja
Super Dark Ninja
Bad Dark Ninja
Wicked Ninja
Wicked Dark Ninja
Wicked Bad Ninja
Super Wicked Ninja with Spam

..and Jenny

[Verto]

Originally posted by Bosh
FREEDOM IS SLAVERY!

WAR IS PEACE!

[KrazyHorse]

USS Intrepid is a good name, but was ripped off the HMS intrepid WWII-era Destroyer

[Dinner]

The name sucks. Let's actually start using names that mean something.

[MichaeltheGreat]

Originally posted by KrazyHorse
USS Intrepid is a good name, but was ripped off the HMS intrepid WWII-era Destroyer

Bollocks. The earliest USS Intrepid (IIRC, there was an earlier cutter in the revolutionary war, but it wasn't a US naval cutter), was the ketch used in 1804 by Stephen Decatur to go into Tripoli harbor and take and burn the captured USS Philadelphia early in the campaign against the Barbary pirates.

[Dr Strangelove]

Originally posted by Lonestar

As an aside, this grew out of a idea Rummie came up with called "streetfighter", which would have been a small PC. The Navy's building these things because it's less of a waste than the original "Streetfighter" concept. IIRC, the Navy would rather spend the cash on the DD(x).

So these things are smaller than patrol craft? Why waste a name on them then? What sort of names are they going top start giving row boats?

[Whoha]

Originally posted by Az
USS Slavery

USS Internet!

[KrazyHorse]

Originally posted by MichaeltheGreat


Bollocks. The earliest USS Intrepid (IIRC, there was an earlier cutter in the revolutionary war, but it wasn't a US naval cutter), was the ketch used in 1804 by Stephen Decatur to go into Tripoli harbor and take and burn the captured USS Philadelphia early in the campaign against the Barbary pirates.

Knew I was going to catch it on that one. Had a bad feeling that I knew of earlier USS Intrepids. That's what comes of not checking up on google...

[Pekka]

why not make it a plalindrom? USS SSU.. or TussU ?

[ixnay]

Originally posted by Whoha


USS Internet!

USS Bed, Bath, & Beyond!

[Pekka]

USS Strong Weapons

[Dinner]

The enemy fleet was sunk by Freedom.

[Pax]

I don't think that LCS will be used for Mine warfare ops. The ships would need to be made of wood.
Mine warfare ships are named after birds(MHC) and different types of fightng men(Warrior, Gladiator).
The idea for littoral combat ships has been around for longer than the Bush/Rumsfeld administration and 9/11. The navy concept of "forward from the sea" calls for efficiency of power. When it was attacked, A DDG like the COLE could deliver Tomahawks at classified ranges and defend itself against jets and missiles. Who would have thought that it was more vulnerable to a small boat than anything else. Today, we use these same powerful ships for boarding ops and etc. This is sort of a waste. The LCS ships ultimately will allow the U.S. Navy to work more efficiently.
That being said, I hate the name Freedom.