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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