US Navy’s new 3,000-ton warship can hunt submarines 5,000 miles from home 20 November 2025
US Navy’s new 3,000-ton warship can hunt submarines 5,000 miles away. Image courtesy of the US Navy, via Interesting Engineering.
The US Navy has commissioned the USS Pierre, its final Independence-class littoral combat ship, marking the end of a two-decade program that produced some of the service’s fastest and most adaptable surface vessels. The ceremony at Naval Support Activity Panama City formally brought USS Pierre (LCS 38) into the fleet as the 19th and last ship of the class.