Mineman 1st Class Kevin Blanchard, from Fitchburg, Mass., points at the winch operator during boat operations aboard Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Charleston (LCS 18), July 24...

Boatswain's Mate Seaman Kiara Woods signals an MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter attached to Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 25 to land on Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Charleston (LCS 18), July 18...

Sailors fold the rotors of an MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter attached to Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 21, assigned to Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Charleston (LCS 18), July 11...

The Mk 110 57mm Gun Weapons System (GWS) is fired as part of a regular operational exercise aboard Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Charleston (LCS 18), July 11...

Flight Operations Aboard USS Charleston (LCS 18)...

(June 5, 2021) Aerographer's Mate 1st Class Ashley Young, from Clearwater, Fla., practices cardiac pulmonary recitation during a man-overboard drill aboard Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Charleston (LCS 18), June 5...

Boatswain's Mate Seaman Kiara Woods, left, from Fresno, Calif., and Aviation Structural Mechanic 2nd Class Israel Salinas, from Mission, Texas, stand by aboard Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Charleston (LCS 18) during a joint flight operations exercise with Sri Lankan Navy Advanced...

PACIFIC OCEAN (May 17, 2021) Sailors conduct damage control drills aboard Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Charleston (LCS 18), May 17...