LCS 16 change of command

SAN DIEGO - The Alabama-built Independence-class Littoral Combat Ship USS Tulsa (LCS 16) held a change of command here on April 29. Cmdr. Audry Oxley, a native of Lamar, Colo., assumed command from Cmdr. Drew Borovies, who completed a successful 24-month commissioning command tour that included numerous certification events, tactics development, training and preparing to join the fleet. His next assignment is to command another Austal USA-built ship USS Omaha (LCS 12) also based in San Diego. Oxley had served as executive officer of USS Tulsa. The LCS serves as a mine countermeasure mission module platform along with USS Manchester (LCS 14) and USS Charleston (LCS 18), and is assigned to Commander, Littoral Combat Ship Squadron 1. (Source: USS Tulsa 04/30/19) All even-numbered LCS hulls are built at the Austal shipyard in Mobile, Ala.