The USS Wichita is launched sideways into the Menominee River, Saturday, Sept. 17, 2016, in Marinette, Wis. (Rick Gebhard /The Eagle Herald via AP) WICHITA, Kan. — The third Navy ship to bear ...

The U.S. Navy is one step closer to commissioning a combat ship carrying Wichita’s name. The future USS Wichita recently passed a series of tests known as acceptance trials and is scheduled for ...

The USS Wichita is fighting for her life. Not in combat, but in Congress. The Navy plans to decommission the Wichita a mere three years after it joined the fleet, because it has the naval ...

Shortly after leaving Detroit, the U.S. Navy announced that its next Freedom-Class Littoral Combat Ship the USS Wichita would be commissioned in early January 2019. The commissioning ceremony is ...

July 13 (UPI) --The 13th littoral combat ship, to be designated the USS Wichita, completed acceptance trials this week in Lake Michigan in preparation for delivery later this year. Lockheed Martin ...

Rowan is currently the commanding officer of the USS Wichita. Like the USS Billings, the USS Wichita is a littoral combat ship. The USS Billings is named after the city of Billings and was ...

Friday, a spokeswoman with the Lockheed Martin Corporation says the U.S. Navy will commission its newest Littoral Combat Ship, the future USS Wichita, later this year or early 2019. Ahead of the ...

As new ships are being prepared, however, the Navy has already scheduled four more Mayport LCS — Indianapolis and the USS Wichita, USS Billings and USS St. Louis — to be decommissioned and ...