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Tulsa Littoral Ship Set To Enter Service

February 15 2019

USA

The Navy is about to commission its newest Independence-class littoral combat ship (LCS), reports the Dept. of Defense.

The Tulsa will formally enter service during a Saturday ceremony in San Francisco, the department said on Wednesday. 

The Tulsa is the 15th littoral combat ship to enter service and the eighth of the Independence class, noted a Navy release earlier this month.

The ship is the second to bear the city's name. The first USS Tulsa, an Asheville-class gunboat, served...

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