“They would need to go everywhere with tugboats.”
That isn’t true. The Freedom class can run on one propulsion system or the other but not both, until refitted.
“The Freedom class can run on one propulsion system or the other but not both, until refitted.”
Back when my project was on one of them, they were getting towed a lot. I found a couple of articles on the combining gear problem and notes that several of the ships had to be towed back to port but nothing saying they could run on either propulsion system. If that was the case, why did they have so many tows back to ports? (Just curious. Not trying to argue with you.)
If you’re interested, here’s a few interesting bits on the designs. Many problems. Certainly not worth turning them into drone ships as the other poster had proposed.
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=LCS+subbrief