The boat tethered to the Veterans Park pier here can defend itself from missile attacks with its SeaRAM air defense system, launch rigid inflatable boats from a rear hatch and has room in its spacious onboard hangar for two helicopters.
The $500 million USS Beloit is now headed from Milwaukee via the Great Lakes and the St. Lawrence Seaway to Naval Station Mayport in Jacksonville, Florida, with its crew of 84.
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Culinary Specialist Officer 2nd Class Douglas Her of Theresa, left, and Lt. Junior Arden Hartwig of Pardeeville in the hangar of the the USS Beloit, the Navy’s newest littoral combat ship. The ship was commissioned Saturday in Milwaukee and includes multiple reminders of its namesake city, including this banner with Rocky, a badger named after the Rock River that flows through Beloit.
Crew members of the USS Beloit, including the ship’s commanding officer, Le Andra Kissinger, foreground, in the gym of the the newly commissioned USS Beloit.
Command Master Chief Dave Chisholm shows off the bridge of the USS Beloit. The ship's engines were built in Beloit by Fairbanks Morse Defense, which has been making U.S. Navy systems for over 100 years.
After the season’s first snowfall, Kayla Burns, a Belize native and a machinist’s mate 1st class, builds her first snowman Thursday on the deck of the ship in Milwaukee. Burns is one of 84 crew members on the boat.
U.S. military insignias share a wall in a passageway aboard the USS Beloit in Milwaukee. The display was inspired by a similar presentation at the VFW Hall in Beloit.
The Milwaukee skyline is seen through the windows of the USS Beloit as it is tethered to the Veterans Park pier.
Lucy's #7 Burger Bar, a staple in downtown Beloit, gets a nod on the galley door in the cafeteria of the USS Beloit.
Commanding Officer Le Andra Kissinger of the USS Beloit shows off the bay where an 11-meter rigged inflatable boat will be stored. The boat can be launched and brought back on board while the ship is underway.
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USS Beloit
The USS Beloit was in Milwaukee last week but is now headed to Florida.
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Crew members of the USS Beloit, including the ship’s commanding officer, Le Andra Kissinger, foreground, in the gym of the the newly commissioned USS Beloit.
USS Beloit
The Milwaukee skyline is seen through the windows of the USS Beloit as it is tethered to the Veterans Park pier.
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Commanding Officer Le Andra Kissinger of the USS Beloit shows off the bay where an 11-meter rigged inflatable boat will be stored. The boat can be launched and brought back on board while the ship is underway.
USS Beloit
U.S. military insignias share a wall in a passageway aboard the USS Beloit in Milwaukee. The display was inspired by a similar presentation at the VFW Hall in Beloit.
USS Beloit
Culinary Specialist Officer Second Class Douglas Her, a crew member of the USS Beloit, works in the kitchen of the ship while it was docked last week in Milwaukee. Her grew up in the Dodge County community of Theresa.
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Crew members of the USS Beloit mill about the massive hangar of the boat that can hold two helicopters.
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Crew members of the USS Beloit gather below an overhead crane in the ship's hangar that bears a slogan replicated from a building in Beloit.
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A crew member of the USS Beloit walks on the deck of the newly-commissioned U.S. Navy ship in Milwaukee.
USS Beloit
After the season’s first snowfall, Kayla Burns, a Belize native and a machinist’s mate 1st class, builds her first snowman Thursday on the deck of the ship in Milwaukee. Burns is one of 84 crew members on the boat.
USS Beloit
Culinary Specialist Officer 2nd Class Douglas Her of Theresa, left, and Lt. Junior Arden Hartwig of Pardeeville in the hangar of the the USS Beloit, the Navy’s newest littoral combat ship. The ship was commissioned Saturday in Milwaukee and includes multiple reminders of its namesake city, including this banner with Rocky, a badger named after the Rock River that flows through Beloit.
USS Beloit
The $500 million USS Beloit is now headed from Milwaukee via the Great Lakes and the St. Lawrence Seaway to Naval Station Mayport in Jacksonville, Florida, with its crew of 84.
USS Beloit
A pair of tugboats sit at the ready next to the USS Beloit at the Veterans Park pier in Milwaukee.
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Command Master Chief Dave Chisholm shows off the bridge of the USS Beloit. The ship's engines were built in Beloit by Fairbanks Morse Defense, which has been making U.S. Navy systems for over 100 years.
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Kayla Burns, a Machinist’s Mate First Class crew member of the USS Beloit, walks on the deck of the ship in Milwaukee.
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Lucy's #7 Burger Bar, a staple in downtown Beloit, gets a nod on the galley door in the cafeteria of the USS Beloit.
Barry Adams covers regional news for the Wisconsin State Journal. Send him ideas for On Wisconsin at 608-252-6148 or by email at badams@madison.com.
