The Navy will christen its newest Freedom-variant littoral combat ship, USS Wichita (LCS 13), during a 10 a.m. CST ceremony Saturday, Sept. 17 in Marinette, Wisconsin. Wichita, designated LCS 13 ...

The latest USS Wichita was christened Saturday in Wisconsin. Kate Lehrer, the ship’s sponsor, broke a bottle of champagne on the ship’s bow before it was rolled into the Menominee River at the ...

The USS Wichita is the 13th Freedom class Littoral Combat Ship and ... designed from the keel up to affordably take on new capabilities -- from the most advanced sensors, to the latest missiles ...

A keel-laying ceremony was held this week at a shipyard in Wisconsin for what will become the third USS Wichita commissioned ... 100 people. The Wichita will be part of the Freedom class of ...

EDITOR'S NOTE: The USS Wichita is a Freedom-class littoral combat ship ... The soon to-be commissioned ship, part of the Navy’s new generation of stealthy, fast and agile warships that can ...

The US Navy has commissioned into service the antepenultimate Freedom-class variant of the ... 2023 contract notice it was ...

The USS Wichita will be the seventh Freedom-class littoral combat ship ... Defense News // 2 years ago Citing Russian occupation, U.S. signs new defense pact with Georgia Oct.

Lockheed Martin, who is leading the team in constructing the Freedom variant vessel, said laying the keel of the future USS Wichita officially ... U.S. signs new defense pact with Georgia Oct.

"As the USS Wichita sets sail to protect our freedom, I pray that God watches over her .. and give her fair winds and following seas," Rutherford said. The new ship brings 80 new crew members ...