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Thursday, March 11, 2010

Mayport to get first East Coast littoral ships

USS Freedom (LCS-1)Naval Station Mayport, Fla., got a boost Tuesday when the Navy’s top officer confirmed it as the future home and primary site of East Coast littoral combat ships.

The first LCS vessels are to be homeported at Mayport beginning in 2016, Adm. Gary Roughead, chief of naval operations, said during a military construction hearing on Capitol Hill.

The ships, of which two are now in service, are initially being based at San Diego.

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