19026-N-RF885-157 CHARLESTON, S.C. (Feb. 26, 2019) Cmdr. Christopher K. Brusca, left, from Los Angeles, commanding officer of the future USS Charleston (LCS), speaks to the citizens of Charleston, South Carolina during a city council meeting where Mayor John H. Tecklenburg, center left, honors the ship’s upcoming commissioning ceremony. Charleston will be the sixteenth littoral combat ship to enter the fleet and the ninth of the Independence variant. It is the sixth ship named for Charleston, the oldest and largest city in the U.S. state of South Carolina. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Natalia Murillo/Released)