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“We’ve had significant challenges introducing the ship to the fleet, successfully operating the ship, [and] ensuring it meets the minimum mission capabilities we desire,” said retired Navy Rear Adm. Mark Montgomery, now a senior director of the Center on Cyber and Technology Innovation at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies. For the Navy, a system-wide design flaw for the LCS project would represent another misstep in what’s been a draining period of logistical nightmares, public relations missteps and political controversies. The service also is bracing for a leadership change ...

Navy Ship Seizes $106 Million of Cocaine From Alleged Drug Smugglers On 12/15/20 at 8:49 PM EST A U.S. Navy ship operating in the Eastern Pacific Ocean intercepted a massive haul of suspected cocaine, worth an estimated $106 million, earlier this month. The USS Gabrielle Giffords, carrying a U.S. Coast Guard law enforcement detachment, intercepted the "low-profile vessel" (LPV), also known as a narco submarine, after being diverted during a routine patrol on December 5. Approximately 134 bales of cocaine weighing an estimated 2,810 kilograms were found on board the vessel and three crew membe...

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Navy ship interdicts a whole bunch of cocaine December 15, 2020 The littoral combat ship Gabrielle Giffords interdicted more than $100 million worth of cocaine from a "low-profile vessel" Dec. 5 in the Pacific Ocean. (Navy) But earlier this month, the U.S. Navy put a crimp in the supply line when it interdicted roughly 6,200 pounds of booger sugar with an estimated wholesale value of $106 million, U.S. Naval Forces Southern Command announced in a release. The littoral combat ship Gabrielle Giffords was underway with a U.S. Coast Guard law enforcement detachment embarked onboard when the...

The Independence-class littoral combat ship USS Gabrielle Giffords (LCS 10) with embarked U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) Law Enforcement Detachment  (LEDET) 407 seized an estimated 2,810 kilograms of suspected cocaine, Dec. 5. While on routine patrol, Gabrielle Giffords was diverted to intercept a low-profile vessel (LPV). Gabrielle Giffords deployed one of her helicopters, assigned to the “Wildcards” of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 23, to provide over watch and ensure compliance while the embarked LEDET and small boats were deployed to achieve positive control and begin boarding of the...