03 April 2024 USS Omaha (LCS 12) Gold Crew Conducts Change of Command SAN DIEGO -- Cmdr. Ben Nehrke was relieved by Cmdr. Kevin Smith as commanding officer of the Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Omaha (LCS 12) Gold crew during a ceremony at Naval Base San Diego, April 2nd.
02 April 2024 Essex Sailor Performs in Culinary Olympics STUTTGART (February 3, 2023) Culinary Specialist 3rd Class Larry Burns, a native of Louisville, Kentucky, assigned to the amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD 2), was selected to join a team of joint military chefs as an apprentice to participate in the 2024 Culinary Olympics Catering Competition
05 February 2022 Navy Commissions Littoral Combat Ship USS Savannah (LCS 28) The U.S. Navy commissioned its newest Independence-variant Littoral Combat Ship USS Savannah (LCS 28) Feb. 5, 2022, in Brunswick, Ga.
05 February 2022 USS Savannah (LCS 28) Commissions The U.S. Navy commissioned its newest Independence-variant Littoral Combat Ship USS Savannah (LCS 28) Feb. 5, 2022, in Brunswick, Ga.
13 December 2018 USS Omaha Blue Crew Conducts Change of Command SAN DIEGO — USS Omaha (LCS 12) Blue Crew held a change of command in the ship’s mission bay while pierside at Naval Base San Diego, Dec. 7.
05 February 2018 USS Omaha commissioned as Navys newest LCS SAN DIEGO - The littoral combat ship USS Omaha (LCS 12) became the newest member of the Navy’s surface fleet after being placed in commission during a ceremony at San Diego’s downtown Broadway Pier, Feb. 3.The new Independence variant littoral combat ship is the Navy’s fourth vessel named in honor