Courtesy Story | Commander, Littoral Combat Ship Squadron TWO | 08.04.2025
NAVAL STATION MAYPORT, FL (Aug. 4, 2025). - The Freedom-variant littoral combat ship USS St. Louis (LCS 19), along with the “Valkyries” of Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron (HSM) 50 Detachment 5 and embarked U.S. Coast Guard Law Enforcement Detachment 408, departed from Naval Station Mayport August 4th, beginning her deployment to support U.S. 2nd Fleet Area of Operations....
Courtesy Story | Commander, Littoral Combat Ship Squadron TWO | 02.24.2025
NAVAL STATION MAYPORT -- USS St. Louis (LCS 19), a Freedom-variant Littoral Combat Ship (LCS), returned to Naval Station Mayport this week, concluding its maiden deployment to the U.S. Fourth Fleet Area of Responsibility (AOR). The eight-month deployment, which lasted from June 15, 2024 to February 24, 2025, marked a series of groundbreaking achievements that underscore the capabilities of the......
Story by Ensign Erik Ekendiz | Commander, Littoral Combat Ship Squadron TWO | 04.05.2023
MAYPORT Fla. -- Command Master Chief (CMDCM) Leon Sealy and CMDCM Julio Hernandez visited Naval Station Mayport on April 5, 2023 to train Sailors aboard USS St. Louis (LCS 19)....
Story by Lt. Ryan Donlon | Commander, Littoral Combat Ship Squadron TWO | 10.21.2022
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – In one of the most time-honored traditions of an enlisted Sailor's career, USS ST. Louis (LCS-19) Blue held a chief petty officer (CPO) pinning ceremony, aboard the USS Orleck (DD-886) Museum in Jacksonville, Florida, Oct. 21, 2022....
Courtesy Story | Naval Station Mayport | 07.17.2020
The newest littoral combat ship, the Freedom-variant the future USS St. Louis (LCS 19) arrived in Mayport, Fla., Jul. 17....
Story by Petty Officer 3rd Class Gabrielle Joyner | Navy Public Affairs Support Element Detachment Hawaii | 06.10.2015
The ashes of Pearl Harbor survivor Boatswain’s Mate 1st Class Michael Elkovics (retired) were laid to rest in the surrounding waters of the USS Utah Memorial on Ford Island, Joint Base Pearl Harbor Hickam (JBPHH), June 10....
