CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA (March 2, 2019) Rep. Joe Cunningham of South Carolina gives remarks during the commissioning ceremony for USS Charleston (LCS 18). 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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