Posted: 12/01/2013
PEARL HARBOR (Dec. 13, 2013) The littoral combat ship USS Freedom (LCS 1) arrives at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam. Freedom's first operational deployment, a 9-month assignment forward-operating from Singapore, is the first ever deployment for a Littoral Combat Ship and the proof-of-concept deployment for the ship class. Freedom is scheduled to return to homeport at San Diego later this month. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Johans Chavarro)
