CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA (March 2, 2019) Sailors of the Navy's newest littoral combat ship, USS Charleston (LCS 18), hold a banner from the crew of the fifth ship to bear the name, USS Charleston (LKA 113). LCS 18 is the sixteenth littoral combat ship to enter the fleet and the ninth of the Independence variant. It is the sixth ship named for Charleston, the oldest and largest city in the state of South Carolina.

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