Pierre namesake ship, the USS Pierre, commissions into service

The United States Navy has officially commissioned its newest combat ship, the USS Pierre, named for the capital of South ...

Navy commissions the USS Pierre, last Independence-class littoral combat ship

The ship is the 19th and final Independence-class littoral combat ship, and the second to last of the troubled ships to enter ...
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US Navy’s new 3,000-ton warship can hunt submarines 5,000 miles from home

The first was a World War II-era submarine chaser commissioned in the 1940s. The new USS Pierre will be home-ported in San ...
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US Pushes New Stealth Ship to Extreme Limits in Shock Trials

Welcome back to The Daily Aviation for a feature on the the punishing ways the US Navy test its new ships before they go to ...

The story of the 2 USS Utahs: Honoring the past while celebrating the future

On Dec. 7, 1941, the USS Utah was sunk by Japanese torpedoes during the attack on Pearl Harbor. Now, nearly 84 years later, a ...