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Wednesday, October 30, 2013

$500M littoral combat ship's departure delayed again by maintenance issue

USS FreedomFor the second time in three months, the first-in-class littoral combat ship USS Freedom has found itself pier-side because of maintenance issues.

Repairs are under way after the crew of the $500 million ship found seawater contamination in the starboard steerable water-jet hydraulic system Oct. 24 while preparing to head to sea, Navy officials said this week.

The ship’s commanding officer, Cmdr. Patrick Thien, decided the ship could navigate safely with both water-jets functioning properly in the port drive train but that it was better to address the issue ahead of international exercises in a couple of weeks.

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