The US Navy appears to believe that its Littoral Combat Ships are not up to the task of taking on Iranian naval mines.

The U.S. Navy decommissioned its only four minesweepers in the Middle East last year, but still maintains other countermine ...

Four Avenger-class mine countermeasure ships stationed in Bahrain were decommissioned in 2025 after each serving for over 30 ...

Littoral Combat Ships USS Tulsa (LCS-16) and USS Santa Barbara (LCS-32) were docked Sunday in Malaysia, well away from the ships’ homeport Naval Support Activity Bahrain. The two Independence-variant ...

Two of three Littoral Combat Ships assigned to Middle Eastern minesweeping duties have made another move in the opposite direction.

Picture this: a colossal warship worth half a billion dollars facing down 40-foot waves that would turn most vessels into twisted metal. While Mother Nature unleashes her fury, this engineering marvel ...

Images of retired U.S. Navy minesweepers being transported up the Delaware Bay sparked online rumors that the United States no longer has mine-clearing capability, but the Navy has already ...

Two Independence-class Littoral Combat Ships (LCS) of the U.S. Navy, “USS Tulsa” and “USS Santa Barbara,” equipped for mine ...

With US forces active in the region, some Malaysians are asking whether letting American warships resupply here sits ...

The final Independence-class LCS will now be retooled for mine warfare, and the ships may finally serve a helpful purpose, replacing aging minesweepers. It is just the second warship to be named for ...

The following story has been corrected to remove USS San Diego from the group of ships that transited the Strait of Malacca. Based on photographs from shipspotters, USS Tripoli and USS New Orleans ...