USS Freedom (LCS 1), the lead ship of the Freedom class of Littoral combat ships (LCS), is the third vessel of the United States Navy to be so named. She is the design competitor produced by the Lockheed Martin consortium, in competition with the General Dynamics-designed USS Independence. She was officially accepted by the Supervisor of Shipbuilding Gulf Coast on behalf of the US Navy from the Lockheed Martin/Marinette Marine/Gibbs and Cox team in Marinette, WI on 18 September 2008.
She is designed for a variety of missions in shallow waters, capable against submarines and ships, as well as minesweeping and humanitarian relief. The ship is a semi-planing monohull design capable of over 45 knots (83 km/h; 52 mph).
Commissioned in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on 8 November 2008, USS Freedom is home-ported in San Diego, California.
Item No : 04549
Item Name : USS Freedom (LCS-1)
Bar Code : 9580208045498
Scale : 1:350
Item Type : Static Kit
Model Brief : Length:330 mm Width: 50mm
Total Parts : 530+pcs
Metal Parts : n/a
Photo Etched Parts : 3 pcs
Film Parts : n/a
Resin Parts : n/a
Total Sprues : 8 sprues, lower hull,upper hull and deck
Paint Schemes : USS Freedom (LCS-1)
Released Date : 2011-10
More Features Detailed upper hull and lower hull w/accurate design
-2 sprues in clear with 16 parts for 2MH-60s helicopters in fine details.
-Contains display stand and photo-etchedname plate:
-Large size photo-etched fret for handrails,deck details etc. "
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