{"id":22333,"date":"2018-04-13T14:02:07","date_gmt":"2018-04-13T14:02:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/uncategorized\/2018\/04\/13\/lcs-little-rock-arrives-in-mayport-months-after-its-commissioning\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T19:21:29","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T19:21:29","slug":"lcs-little-rock-arrives-in-mayport-months-after-its-commissioning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/news\/your-navy\/2018\/04\/13\/lcs-little-rock-arrives-in-mayport-months-after-its-commissioning\/","title":{"rendered":"LCS Little Rock arrives in Mayport months after its commissioning"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The littoral combat ship Little Rock steamed into its homeport of Mayport, Florida, today for the first time \u2014 about three months later than scheduled.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The ship was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.navytimes.com\/news\/your-navy\/2017\/12\/18\/ceremony-initiates-new-uss-little-rock-littoral-combat-ship\/\" title=\"\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\">commissioned<\/a> in early December in Buffalo, New York, next to its namesake, the guided-missile cruiser Little Rock, now a museum ship in the St. Lawrence Seaway. It was the first time a Navy ship had been commissioned next to its namesake vessel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But the LCS drew wider attention on Christmas Eve, when the ship became marooned for what would go on to be a three-month stay in Montreal when an extreme cold snap iced the ship in.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/news\/your-navy\/2018\/04\/03\/free-of-ice-and-montreal-lcs-uss-little-rock-heads-home\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Little-Rock.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Free of ice and Montreal, LCS USS Little Rock heads home<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">After three months being stuck in the ice in Montreal, Canada, the littoral combat ship Little Rock is finally again on her way to Mayport, Fla.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The break in the ice finally came March 31, and it continued on its journey to Mayport. After short port visits to Halifax, Nova Scotia, and Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek, the Little Rock pulled in while \u201ccrew lined the rails in their dress blues as the crowd of friends, families, and shipmates greeted the ship with flowers, signs and waving American flags,\u201d a Navy release said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The ship entered the basin at Mayport while \u201cBack in Black\u201d by AC\/DC blared, the release said. Little Rock had also used this song as it pulled into Buffalo in early December for commissioning. It\u2019s a tribute to the cruiser Little Rock and its motto, \u201cBack With a Vengeance.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cLittle Rock is a fast, lethal ship ready to go out and fulfill her mission,\u201d said Cmdr. Todd Peters, the ship\u2019s commanding officer. \u201cThe crew worked relentlessly to bring her home and make their way \u2018Back With a Vengeance.\u2019 We are ready to make final preparations to deploy and carry our motto into history.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The homecoming completed what was a three-and-a-half month inaugural journey from Marinette, Wisconsin, where the ship was built.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAfter so many months of training and preparing, we are proud to bring Little Rock home to Mayport,\u201d said Boatswain\u2019s Mate 2nd Class Brett Ragan, whose wife and baby daughter were waiting for him on the pier.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/news\/your-navy\/2018\/01\/09\/commissioned-less-than-a-month-ago-lcs-remains-stuck-in-icy-canada\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"163\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP17338646545310.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">New LCS remains stuck in icy Canada<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The ship should have reached its home of Mayport, Florida, by now.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe families back home have been so supportive during this entire process; it is great to see the crew reunited with their families and to show off our ship,\u201d said Operations Specialist Senior Chief Tarius Williams. \u201cWe are proud of Little Rock. 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