Navy commissions the USS Pierre, last Independence-class littoral combat ship

The ship is the 19th and final Independence-class littoral combat ship, and the second to last of the troubled ships to enter ...
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US Navy commissions final Independence-variant LCS USS Pierre

LCS are surface vessels designed to operate in both near-shore and open-ocean environments to address modern coastal threats.

The road to independence took many turns in RI. Step into the pre-Revolutionary War era

On July 17, the Liberty brought two Connecticut-based ships into Newport Harbor, accusing their captains of customs ...
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U.S. Navy Commissions 19th and Final Independence-class LCS, USS Pierre (LCS 38)

The U.S. Navy commissioned its newest ship, the Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Pierre (LCS 38) in a ceremony ...

Death of American history? Professors warn students, even teachers show ‘shocking ignorance’ of founding docs

The University of Mississippi's Declaration of Independence Center teaches students about founding documents as surveys show ...

‘The American Revolution’ presents a fresh picture of America’s complex founding

Ken Burns, with co-directors Sarah Botstein and David Schmidt, gives us an in-depth look at the war for independence that ...

‘The American Revolution’ Review: Ken Burns Tackles the War for Independence in Patriotic, Pragmatic and Familiar Form

PBS' six-part, 12-hour documentary lets Burns, Sarah Botstein and David P. Schmidt dive deep into all-too-relevant U.S.

Rash: Beyond history, ‘The American Revolution’ is relevant today

“The American Revolution” is the opposite: enduring, not ephemeral. And it accomplishes what Gerbner urges: “To move past a ...