Austal-built LCS Tulsa commissioning

The Navy will commission its newest Independence-variant Littoral Combat Ship, the future USS Tulsa (LCS 16), during an 8 a.m. (CST) ceremony Feb. 16 in San Francisco. Independence class team is led by Austal USA of Mobile, Ala., for all even-numbered hulls of LCS. U.S. Sen. James Lankford of Oklahoma will deliver the commissioning address. Kathy Taylor, former mayor of its namesake Tulsa, Okla., is the ship’s sponsor. The ceremony, using #USSTulsa, can be viewed on the Navy Live blog at http://navylive.dodlive.mil. USS Tulsa will join USS Freedom (LCS 1), USS Independence (LCS 2), USS Fort Worth (LCS 3), USS Coronado (LCS 4), USS Jackson (LCS 6), USS Montgomery (LCS 8), USS Gabrielle Giffords (LCS 10), USS Omaha (LCS 12) and USS Manchester (LCS 14) in their homeport of San Diego. (Source: US Navy) 02/13/19)