190302-N-RF885-014 CHARLESTON, S.C. (March 2, 2019) Former Charleston Mayor Joseph P. Riley Jr., right, passes the long glass to Ensign. Adrian Reyes in the tradition of setting the first watch during the commissioning ceremony for the littoral combat ship USS Charleston (LCS 18). Charleston is 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)