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 ...

It is scheduled to be launched in 2016, Little said. This marks the third ship the Navy has named USS Wichita. The original USS Wichita, a heavy cruiser, was commissioned on Feb. 16, 1939 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.