USS Cooperstown

USS Cooperstown (LCS-23) will be a Freedom-class littoral combat ship of the United States Navy. It will be the first ship in naval service named after Cooperstown, New York. U.S. Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus announced the naming of USS Cooperstown on 25 July 2015 during a ceremony at the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York. Mabus was part of a program honoring baseball players who served in World War II. Marinette Marine was awarded the contract to build the ship on 29 December 2010.

USS Cooperstown

USS Cooperstown (LCS-23) will be a Freedom-class littoral combat ship of the United States Navy. It will be the first ship in naval service named after Cooperstown, New York. U.S. Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus announced the naming of USS Cooperstown on 25 July 2015 during a ceremony at the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York. Mabus was part of a program honoring baseball players who served in World War II. Marinette Marine was awarded the contract to build the ship on 29 December 2010.