By CHRISTOPHER P. CAVAS
WASHINGTON — The littoral combat ship Freedom, temporarily sidelined over the weekend with engine problems, is back underway, the US Navy said Wednesday.
The ship, operating from Singapore on the first extended overseas deployment for an LCS, temporarily lost propulsion power July 20 while in the South China Sea. After a “brief” period, the ship’s crew restarted the ship’s engines, and the ship returned to port.
The problems began when the Nos. 2 and 3 ship service diesel generators overheated and shut down, leading the ship’s system to cut power to the propulsion engines.
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