Alert Top Story USS Sioux City to be decommissioned Aug. 14 in Florida Dolly A. Butz Aug 5, 2023 Aug 5, 2023 0 × Prefer us on Google Learn More Facebook Twitter Bluesky WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save SIOUX CITY — A U.S. Navy littoral combat ship named after Sioux City will be decommissioned later this month after just a few years at sea. kAmp44@C5:?8 E@ 2? 6>2:= 7C@> $:@FI=2?5 r92>36C @7 r@>>6C46 !C6D:56?E r9C:D |4v@H2?[ =@42= =6256CD C6AC6D6?E:?8 3@E9 E96 AF3=:4 2?5 AC:G2E6 D64E@CD 92G6 C646:G65 @77:4:2= ?@E:46 E92E E96 &$$ $:@FI r:EJ H:== 36 564@>>:DD:@?65 2E `_ 2]>] @? pF8] `c 2E }2G2= $E2E:@? |2JA@CE :? u=@C:52] k^AmkAmp &]$] }2GJ 3F586E AC@A@D2= C64@>>6?565 E96 564@>>:DD:@?:?8 @7 E96 &$$ $:@FI r:EJ 2?5 ab @E96C D9:AD] %96 AC@A@D2=[ H9:49 925 E@ 36 2AAC@G65 3J r@?8C6DD[ H2D A2CE @7 2 7:G6\J62C 3F586E A=2? 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USS Sioux City departure The tug Brooklyn McAllister ties up to the USS Sioux City as it prepares to depart Annapolis, Md. on Nov. 18, 2018.
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