LCS, Littoral Combat Ship Vessel

The ships were predicted to fall short in manning. And the Navy has deployed the ships with berthing modules in the mission bays in order to carry the crew required for operations. However the ships are designed with sufficient headroom to change from 2-high bunking to 3-high bunking, which would allow crew sizes of 100 if needed.
The ships will be unable to defend themselves effectively against anti-ship cruise missiles, which are commonly employed in the littorals.
The LCS is the first USN surface combatant class in a generation to not use the Aegis Combat System. Though aegis-equipped variants of the LCS hulls have been offered to foreign customers. The LCS classes have suffered from problems in their communications and radars and will require refits in these areas.