BAY COUNTY, Fla. (WMBB) – The Navy’s newest and final Independence-variant Littoral Combat Ship is ready to join the fleet. The USS Pierre is set to be commissioned at the Port of Panama City this ...

The Independence-variant littoral combat ship Savannah conducts routine underway operations in the South China Sea, Dec. 6, 2024. (Naval Air Crewman Second Class John Rabbat/Navy) Shipbuilder Austal ...

The Navy’s last Independence-class littoral combat ship successfully completed sea trials this month, a bittersweet milestone for a group of vessels that were once planned to be a bigger part of the ...

The newest ship in the Navy, the USS Pierre, was commissioned Saturday in Panama City, Fla.: “Welcome to the fleet,” said Navy Secretary John Phelan, who gave the keynote address. Pierre is the 19th ...

USS Pierre — the last of the Navy’s troubled Independence class of littoral combat ships — has passed its sea trials and will be commissioned in San Diego this fall, the Navy says. The Pierre was ...

Littoral Combat Ship USS Pierre (LCS-38) is the 19th, and final, Independence-variant littoral combat ship constructed. Pierre is the third ship named in honor of South Dakota’s capital city, and the ...

After twenty years and billions of dollars, littoral combat ships are finally performing mine countermeasures as originally planned. By Kyle Gunn Published Sep 9, 2025 3:20 PM EDT After more than two ...

Shipbuilder Austal USA delivered the final Independence-class littoral combat ship to the U.S. Navy on Friday, marking the end of a construction phase that’s lasted 15 years. The Alabama-based Austal ...