15 November 2025 Navy to commission future littoral combat ship, USS Pierre (LCS 38) PANAMA CITY, Fla.-- Independence-variant littoral combat ship, the future USS Pierre (LCS 38), will be commissioned, Nov. 15 at 10 a.m. CST in Panama City, Florida.Pierre will be the 19th and final Independence-variant littoral combat ship (LCS) and the second U.S. Navy ship to bear the name.The