080818-N-7090S-036 MARINETTE, Wis. (Aug. 18, 2008) Cmdr. Donald Gabrielson, right, commanding officer of USS Freedom (LCS 1), speaks to crew members on the mess decks. Freedom, the first ship in the Navy's new littoral combat ship class, prepares to go underway to begin acceptance trials in Lake Michigan. The Navy's Board of Inspection and Survey team will conduct the acceptance trials. Freedom is a fast, agile, focused-mission ship designed to defeat threats such as mines, quiet diesel submarines and fast surface craft. Freedom is scheduled to be delivered later this year and will be homeport
080818-N-7090S-036 MARINETTE, Wis. (Aug. 18, 2008) Cmdr. Donald Gabrielson, right, commanding officer of USS Freedom (LCS 1), speaks to crew members on the mess decks. Freedom, the first ship in the Navy's new littoral combat ship class, prepares to go underway to begin acceptance trials in Lake Michigan. The Navy's Board of Inspection and Survey team will conduct the acceptance trials. Freedom is a fast, agile, focused-mission ship designed to defeat threats such as mines, quiet diesel submarines and fast surface craft. Freedom is scheduled to be delivered later this year and will be homeported in San Diego, Calif. ( Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Jhi L. Scott/Released) US Navy 080818-N-7090S-036 Cmdr. Donald Gabrielson, right, commanding officer of USS Freedom (LCS 1), speaks to crew members on the mess decks
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