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 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 ...

Wichita Mayor Jeff Longwell provided remarks during the service, honoring USS Wichita and the tie his city now has with the Navy. "This ship and the dedicated people who serve on her are part of ...

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 ...

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.