PIERRE, (KCCR) — Today starts a week long celebration of a new Navy ship that carries the name of South Dakota’s capital city. The U-S-S Pierre will be commissioned Saturday, officially handing the keys over to the United States Navy. Pierre Mayor Steve Harding says the city should be proud of having a Navy ship named for the community….
Harding says getting to this point has been a five-year venture….
Harding is leaving later this week to represent Pierre during the celebration….
The Pierre is the final Littoral Combat Ship to be produced by shipbuilder Austal U-S-A based in Mobile, Alabama.
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