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USS Pierre Joins Navy, Sponsored by Thune’s Daughter
The USS Pierre, with a crew of 112, features mine countermeasures and anti-submarine warfare to enhance maritime security and rapid response capabilities, Navy officials said.
- On Nov. 15 the U.S. Navy commissioned the USS Pierre in Panama City, Florida, as the 19th and final Independence-variant littoral combat ship.
- Littoral combat ships are designed for near-shore and open-ocean threats, emphasizing mine countermeasures, anti-submarine warfare, and flexible decks for helicopters and unmanned aerial systems.
- Larissa Thune Hargens, ship sponsor and daughter of Senate Majority Leader John Thune, ordered the crew to man the USS Pierre, while Cmdr. Justin Guernsey will lead a crew of 112 departing Panama City next week.
- Now officially in service, the USS Pierre will head west and join other littoral combat ships based out of San Diego, the Navy called the commissioning a `critical step` in strengthening the fleet and welcomed the ship into the fleet.
- The commissioning comes as the Littoral combat ship program remains beset by design flaws and high costs, while the Navy shifts strategy to peer-on-peer conflict and plans to commission the final Freedom-class early next year.
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San Diego-bound warship USS Pierre commissioned in Florida
The USS Pierre, the last Independence-class littoral combat ship the Navy intends to build, was commissioned Saturday at Port Panama City in Florida and will soon sail to San Diego, its permanent home port. The 418-foot Pierre is a high-speed, shallow draft vessel that the Navy says it will use to operate in near-shore waters to conduct mine countermeasures, anti-submarine warfare, surface warfare and maritime security. It cost nearly $600 milli…
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