190226-N-RF885-158 CHARLESTON, S.C. (Feb. 26, 2019) Charleston Mayor John H. Tecklenburg, left, gives the keys to the city to Cmdr. Christopher K. Brusca, center left, from Los Angeles, commanding officer of the future USS Charleston (LCS), during a city council meeting honoring the ship’s upcoming commissioning. 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)