The Tulsa is expected to be launched next month, and commissioned in 2018. As sponsor, Taylor has done as much as possible to familiarize the new warship and its namesake community with each other.

Sixteen years ago, members of the Tulsa Ship Modelers Society completed a 1/48 scale model of the USS Tulsa, a Navy gunboat that was in service during the years between the world wars. On Wednesday, ...

Construction of the USS Tulsa ship is approaching a milestone. The USS Tulsa is being built by Austal USA in its shipyard in Mobile, Alabama. The Tulsa will be a Littoral Combat Ship, or LCS, part of ...

When the USS Tulsa sets sail later this week the new Navy ship will have a piece of art made by an Oklahoman. Rachel Rose Dazey made the piece which contains several symbols from Tulsa and Oklahoma ...

A week from today, the Navy ship - the USS Tulsa – will be christened in Mobile, Alabama. The ship is built, and while it won't go into the water next week, it's close to that point. The ship’s ...

APRA HARBOR, GUAM Mineman 2nd Class Samuel Vazquez, from Odessa, Texas, signals for a mobicon to move forward in the mission bay aboard the Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Tulsa (LCS 16) ...

It's official! The USS Tulsa is ready for duty! The sponsor of the ship, former Tulsa Mayor Kathy Taylor, christened the ship this morning as it's welcomed into the Navy. "It means so much to me ...

The first of a half-dozen ships have arrived at the Port of Los Angeles for LA Fleet Week. The littoral combat ship USS Tulsa was first in Tuesday morning to prepare for events Friday through Monday.

This is the second U.S. Navy vessel to be named after Pierre, the capital city of South Dakota. The ship’s sponsor is Larissa Thune, daughter of Senate Leader John Thune. Larissa welded her initials ...