Friday, April 1, 2016

Navy Ready to Launch a New USS Milwaukee in 2013

From the December 17, 2013, On Milwaukee "Navy ready to launch a new USS Milwaukee in Marinette (Wisconsin).

It will be a littoral combat ship (LCS-5).  There will be a ceremony at Marinette Marine Corporation in Marinette, Wisconsin, on Wednesday, December 18.

The ship is 388 feet long and will be the fifth USS Milwaukee.

1st--  Was a Civil War double-turreted river monitor.

2nd--  Was a St. Louis-Class cruiser, C-21, lost in 1916 attempting to free a grounded submarine.

3rd--  Omaha-class light cruiser (CL-5)  Served during World War II in the Atlantic.

4th--  A Wichita-class replenishment oiler (AOR-2)  decommissioned 1994.

--Cooter

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