USS Little Rock (LCS-9)
[12] The ship will also feature automated sensors to allow "conditions-based maintenance" and reduce crew overwork and fatigue issues that Freedom had on her first deployment.On 25 August 2017, Little Rock, the fifth Freedom-variant LCS built by Lockheed Martin and Fincantieri Marinette Marine, completed acceptance trials on Lake Michigan with the highest score of any Freedom-variant LCS to date, earning the right to fly brooms atop her mast signifying a clean sweep of the ship's sea trials.[18] After commissioning in Buffalo, New York, she headed to home port at Mayport Naval Station, Florida where she is assigned to Littoral Combat Ship Squadron Two.However, harsh winter conditions caused delays, preventing her from leaving St. Lawrence Seaway and she was stuck in ice at the port in Montreal.[24] Little Rock was planned to be inactivated in FY 2022, and to join the Out of Commission in Reserve (OCIR) list,[25] but in the final 2022 budget, Congress blocked the Navy's request to retire the ship.
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