The ship is the 19th and final Independence-class littoral combat ship, and the second to last of the troubled ships to enter ...

The Navy commissioned its newest ship, the Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Pierre (LCS 38) in a ceremony held ...

A Program Built on Promise and Delivered with Problems Few modern American warships have drawn as much criticism as the ...

LCS are surface vessels designed to operate in both near-shore and open-ocean environments to address modern coastal threats.

The U.S. Navy commissioned its newest ship, the Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Pierre (LCS 38) in a ceremony ...

The newest ship in the Navy, the USS Pierre, was commissioned in Panama City, Fla.: “Welcome to the fleet,” said Navy ...

The U.S. Navy's soon-to-be newest vessel, dubbed the USS Pierre (LCS 38), will be commissioned with an official ceremony in ...

The following is the Nov. 15, 2025, commissioning ceremony for Littoral Combat Ship USS Pierre (LCS-38) in Panama City, Fla.  From the Navy Littoral Combat Ship USS Pierre (LCS-38) is the 19th, and ...

The Navy’s newest and final Independence-variant Littoral Combat Ship is ready to join the fleet. The USS Pierre is set to be ...

Independence-variant littoral combat ship, the future USS Pierre (LCS 38), will be commissioned, Nov. 15 at 10 a.m. CST in ...

The USS Pierre is a Independence- variant littoral combat ship that was commissioned at the Port of Panama City on Nov. 15, ...

The Navy's first littoral combat ship (LCS) Freedom will be commissioned Saturday, Nov. 8, 2008, during a 10 a.m. EST ceremony at Veterans Park, Milwaukee, Wis. Secretary of the Navy Donald Winter ...