180309-N-SH509-269 SAN DIEGO (Mar. 9, 2018) Gunners Mate 1st Class Sterling Sinema assigned to littoral combat ship USS Freedom (LCS 1) prepares to moor the littoral combat ship USS Omaha (LCS 12). Omaha is the newest Independence-variant littoral combat ship and one of eight LCS homeported in San Diego. (U.S. Navy photo by Lt.j.g. Mary Browning/Released)