USS Detroit-- Part 1: A Civil War Ship By That Name (Well, After the War)

In my Running the Blockade: Civil War Navy blog I have been writing about the USS Canandaigua which for a few months after the Civil War was named the USS Detroit.  I then found out that a couple years ago a new USS Detroit was launched, so looked into the ships by the name USS Detroit in the U.S. Navy.

From the April 21, 2016, Detroit Unspun Blog  "Commissioning of the USS Detroit slated for September, crew visits Detroit" by Marge Stone.

The newest USS Detroit is planned to be commissioned in front of Detroit's Renaissance Center September 17.  It is a Littoral Combat Ship, (LCS-7) and the sixth to bear the name.  It was built by the Marinette Marine Shipyard in Marinette, Wisconsin.

Go to the site and see the ship being launched sideways.  It was a bit scary.

I will be writing about the other ships by the name.

--CootDet