Keywords: Flickr - Official U.S. Navy Imagery - The littoral combat ship USS Independence completes her maiden voyage with arrival in her homeport of San Diego. (3).jpg SAN DIEGO May 2 2012 The littoral combat ship USS Independence LCS 2 completes her maiden voyage with arrival in her homeport of San Diego After two years of training off the coast of Florida the ship's 23-day transit from Mayport Fla to San Diego marks the successful completion of testing of the mine countermeasures mission package to detect localize and destroy mines in a tactical environment Independence also transited the Panama Canal and conducted a port visit and operations with the Mexican navy The littoral combat ship is a fast agile networked surface combatant designed to operate in the near-shore environment while capable of open-ocean tasking and win against 21st-century coastal threats such as submarines mines and swarming small craft U S Navy photo by Lt Jan Shultis/Released 120502-N-ZZ999-010 Join the conversation http //www facebook com/USNavy www facebook com/USNavy http //www twitter com/USNavy www twitter com/USNavy http //navylive dodlive mil navylive dodlive mil http //www flickr com/photos/usnavy/6995791514/ The littoral combat ship USS Independence completes her maiden voyage with arrival in her homeport of San Diego 2011-08-21 21 52 http //www flickr com/people/56594044 N06 Official Navy Page from United States of America Lt Jan Shultis/U S Navy U S Navy photo PD-USGov-Military-Navy Official U S Navy Imagery http //flickr com/photos/56594044 N06/6995791514 2012-11-13 17 06 08 cc-by-2 0 United States Navy images USS Independence LCS-2 |