Courtesy Story | Commander, Littoral Combat Ship Squadron TWO | 05.22.2025
MAYPORT Fla. (May 22, 2025) – Cmdr. Frank Lemene relieved Cmdr. Curtis L. Thomas II as USS Billings (LCS 15) Commanding Officer, during a change of command ceremony at Naval Station Mayport, May 22....
Story by Lt. Ayifa Brooks | Commander, Naval Surface Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet | 11.16.2024
Boston, Massachusetts. -- The U.S. Navy commissioned its newest Freedom-variant littoral combat ship USS Nantucket (LCS 27) November 16, 2024, in Boston, Massachusetts. To honor naval history, Nantucket became the newest ship in the fleet while moored stern-to-stern with USS Constitution, the U.S. Navy’s oldest commissioned ship....
Courtesy Story | Commander, Naval Surface Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet | 09.16.2023
Menominee, Michigan. -- The U.S. Navy commissioned its newest Freedom-variant littoral combat ship USS Marinette (LCS 25) Sept. 16, 2023, in Menominee, Michigan....
Story by Lt. Ayifa Brooks | Commander, Littoral Combat Ship Squadron TWO | 09.08.2023
NAVAL STATION MAYPORT (Sept. 8, 2023) – Freedom-variant littoral combat ship (LCS) USS Milwaukee (LCS 5) was decommissioned in Mayport, Fla., September 8....
Story by Lt. Anthony Junco | Commander, Littoral Combat Ship Squadron TWO | 03.23.2023
MAYPORT, Fla. (March 23, 2023) – Capt. Michael R. Johnson relieved Capt. Mark W. Haney as commodore of Surface Division 21, March 23, 2023, in a change of command ceremony held at Littoral Combat Ship Squadron 2’s new facility on Naval Station Mayport....
