EDITOR'S NOTE: The USS Wichita is a Freedom-class littoral combat ship. Because of a Times-Union error, this was incorrect in the original captions for this story. There’s been at least one ...

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 ...

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 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 ...

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 ...

In an August 2023 contract notice it was revealed that the USS Wichita (LCS 13) would undergo a diesel engine replacement programme, just four years after it entered service. One of two original ...

WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) – Part of the crew of the USS Wichita has been in town for the past couple of days. The crew members were introduced to the city at the mayor’s press briefing Thursday.

But, did you know that Maverick's F-14 Tomcat jet featured in the original movie is on display right here in Corpus Christi? It is on board USS Lexington, to be more specific. Steve Banta with USS ...

It's one of a matching set — with the other, which is what drove the original request, now flying on the USS Wichita. As for her best-selling items, King says t-shirts, front-of-car plates and ...

MARINETTE (WLUK) - The future USS Wichita, currently known as LCS 13, has been moved into its launch position at Marinette Marine. The littoral combat ship will be launched on Sept. 17.

TUSCALOOSA | The Navy cruiser USS Tuscaloosa was dismantled more than 40 years ago, but the men who sailed the seas on the ship won't let its memory die. In the 33rd ó and perhaps the last ó ...