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Pierre Mayor Steve Harding brought a boat to the City Commission meeting on Tuesday.
It was a model of what will be the USS Pierre in a few years, according to plans by the U.S. Navy.
It was first announced in February 2019 by then Secretary of the Navy Richard Spencer.
âThe citizens of Pierre and the entire state of South Dakota have a great history of service in the Navy and Marine Corps team, and that legacy will live on in the future USS Pierre,â Spencer said at the time.
It will be an Independence class âLittoral Combat Ship,â with its own number â LCS 38 â for fighting in waters near the shore, although it could sail across the ocean if it had to, Harding said.