May 2018

On Tuesday, May 8, 2018, the Commissioning of the USS Little Rock (LCS 9) was recognized with a Beacon Award as the “Tourism Initiative of the Year” for 2017. The award was presented by Visit Buffalo Niagara, Erie County’s lead marketing organization for conventions, meetings, amateur sporting events, cultural and…

It has been four-and-half months since the new USS Little Rock (LCS 9) was commissioned in Buffalo, New York. Although LCS 9 and her crew were forced to winter-over in Montreal, Canada due to ice in the St. Lawrence Seaway, the ship finally arrived in Mayport Station, Florida last month…