Courtesy Story | Commander, Littoral Combat Ship Squadron TWO | 06.10.2025
MAYPORT Fla. (June 10, 2025) – Cmdr. Travis Snover relieved Cmdr. Philip Galindo as USS Wichita (LCS 13) Commanding Officer, during a change of command ceremony at Naval Station Mayport, June 10....
Courtesy Story | Commander, Littoral Combat Ship Squadron TWO | 12.10.2024
NAVAL STATION MAYPORT, Florida -- On October 15, 2024, Information Technicians First Class Justin Hightower, assigned to USS Wichita (LCS 13), was awarded the Navy Commendation Medal for correcting a class-wide configuration issue and providing documented steps to the network’s Program of Record (PoR) for implementation and dissemination across the Freedom-Class....
Story by Lt. Anthony Junco | Commander, Littoral Combat Ship Squadron TWO | 03.23.2023
Cmdr. Brett Ringo relieved Capt. Eric Meyers as commanding officer of the Freedom-variant littoral combat ship USS Wichita (LCS 13) on March 3, 2023, in a ceremony held onboard Wichita while moored at Mayport Naval Station. Capt. Todd Peters, commodore, Mine Division 22 served as guest speaker for the ceremony....
Story by Lt. Anthony Junco | Commander, Littoral Combat Ship Squadron TWO | 03.30.2022
Story by LCSRON 2 Public Affairs ATLANTIC OCEAN, (March 30, 2022) – The Freedom-variant littoral combat ship USS Wichita (LCS 13), along with the “Brick Bandits” of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 28, detachment 6, is underway March 30 to support operations in U.S. Southern Command area of responsibility....
Courtesy Story | U.S. Naval Forces Southern Command / U.S. 4th Fleet | 07.08.2021
The Freedom-variant littoral combat ship USS Wichita (LCS 13) returned to Mayport, Fla., July 8, following its successful maiden deployment to the U.S. 4th Fleet area of operations....
Story by Lt. Laura Price | U.S. Naval Forces Southern Command / U.S. 4th Fleet | 06.26.2021
The Freedom-variant littoral combat ship USS Wichita (LCS 13) with embarked U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) Law Enforcement Detachment (LEDET) 408 seized an estimated $20 million in suspected drugs, June 26....
Courtesy Story | U.S. Naval Forces Southern Command / U.S. 4th Fleet | 03.24.2021
CARIBBEAN SEA - The Freedom-variant littoral combat ship USS Wichita (LCS 13) conducted a bi-lateral maritime exercise with naval counterparts from the Dominican Republic, Mar. 24 while operating in the Caribbean Sea....
Courtesy Story | U.S. Naval Forces Southern Command / U.S. 4th Fleet | 03.13.2021
CARIBBEAN SEA- The Freedom-variant littoral combat ship USS Wichita (LCS 13) with embarked U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) Law Enforcement Detachment (LEDET) 402 seized 400 kilograms of suspected cocaine, March 13....
