A MESSAGE FROM THE CO To our BILLINGS families and friends, As USS BILLINGS reaches the two-month mark of deployment in support of U.S. Fourth Fleet operations throughout the Caribbean, I want to thank you for your continued support and recognize the outstanding performance of this crew. Over the past…
A MESSAGE FROM THE CO To our BILLINGS families and friends, One month ago, BILLINGS got underway in support of U.S. Fourth Fleet operations across the Caribbean. Since then, this crew has operated at an incredible pace — executing real-world missions, conducting counter drug operations, flying day and night missions,…
Originally published on Defence Blog online military magazine May 2nd 2019 https://defence-blog.com/news/u-s-navy-announces-commissioning-date-for-future-uss-billings-littoral-combat-ship.html The U.S. Navy on May 1 has announced commissioning date for future USS Billings (LCS 15) littoral combat ship. Several months after selecting Key West, Florida as host-city for the commissioning of the future USS Billings (LCS 15),…
Originally Published in https://www.public.navy.mil February 27, 2018 By Commander, Naval Surface Force, US Pacific Fleet Secretary of the Navy Richard Spencer has approved Key West, Florida as the site for the commissioning of the future USS Billings (LCS 15). The event will take place in August 2019. The specific date…
Originally Published in The Billings Gazette October 5, 2018 By Mike Ferguson mferguson@billingsgazette.com Members of the USS Billings’ Blue Crew compare their almost ready Freedom-class littoral combat ship to a sports car. “You can say that it’s super cool,” said Aaron Helgerson of Freeman, South Dakota, the ship’s executive officer….
Originally Published in The Billings Gazette September 18, 2018 By Mike Ferguson mferguson@billingsgazette.com A Billings man who served on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Oriskany during the Vietnam War might have been the last American to see Navy aviator Lt. Cdr. John McCain before McCain was shot…
Originally Published in The Billings Gazette February 11, 2018 By Rob Rogers The Navy in January accepted delivery of the USS Billings, a Freedom-class littoral combat ship, during a ceremony at the Fincantieri Marinette Marine shipyard in Marinette, Wisconsin. The combat ship, which will officially become the USS Billings upon…
Originally Published in Navy News Service Feburary 5, 2019 http://www.navy.mil Story Number: NNS190205-01 Release Date: 2/5/2019 8:29:00 AM From PEO Unmanned and Small Combatants Public Affairs MARINETTE, Wis. (NNS) — The Navy accepted delivery of the future USS Billings (LCS 15) during a ceremony at the Fincantieri Marinette Marine (FMM),…
billingsgazette.com Gazette Staff August 31, 2017 Officers and crew members from the USS Billings joined volunteers with Habitat for Humanity to build the organization’s 79th home in the Billings Heights on Thursday. The home on Megan Circle will be owned by Jim Brown, and will be the first fully ADA-compliant…
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