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USS Beloit is Commissioned in Milwaukee, Wis.

See aboard the USS Beloit, the Navy's new $500 million littoral combat ship upgraded to fight near coastlines (Business Insider)

USS Beloit commissioning draws from all over Wisconsin | Local News | beloitdailynews.com

Commissioning ceremony of the USS Beloit (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)

The USS Beloit pays tribute to its namesake city and her engine maker

Why the Navy is Honoring Beloit:

Column by Major General Marcia Anderson (U.S. Army, Ret.)
November 2024

Beloit is one of the smallest cities in America to receive the high honor of having a U.S. Navy warship named after it. So, you may wonder, why Beloit?

Well, despite being a relatively small city, Beloit has played an oversized role in defending our nation. It is that critical contribution to the “arsenal of democracy” that has earned Beloit the right to have its name emblazoned on the stern of LCS 29, the mighty USS Beloit.

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USS Beloit Commissioning Committee Launches Fundraising Campaign; June 2024 The USS Beloit Commissioning Committee is beginning its work to celebrate the future commissioning of the USS Beloit. The launch of the committee and the fundraising campaign was announced Tuesday at Fairbanks Morse Defense.

While a date and location for the commissioning will be announced in the future by the U.S. Navy, work is underway locally in Beloit. Lead by the committee’s chair, Vice Admiral Dirk Debbink, U.S. Navy (retired), the committee is beginning to plan commissioning events, fundraising, ship artwork, crew gifts and more. The ship’s sponsor is Major General Marcia Anderson, U.S. Army (retired), a Beloit native with an outstanding legacy of military service.

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Christening of USS Beloit Held in Marinette; May 2022

Beloit artists design challenge coin for USS Beloit mast stepping ceremony (Beloit Daily News)

'I am so proud and so grateful': The USS Beloit celebrates christening (WKOW 27)

Future USS Beloit Christened in Marinette (Fox 11)

Los Alamos Native Le Andra Kissinger To Captain USS Beloit (Los Alamos Daily Post)

Building of LCS 29 Begins with a Keel Laying Ceremony; July 2020

Small Shower of Sparks Marks Ceremonial Start of Production on Future USS Beloit (Spectrum 1)

Work begins on USS Beloit at Marinette shipyard (NBC 15)

Major General Marcia Anderson Selected as USS Beloit Ship Sponsor; October 2018

First female African American Major General chosen to sponsor USS Beloit (Beloit Daily News)

Navy Names Future Littoral Combat Ship as USS Beloit; October 2018

Navy names future Wisconsin ship USS Beloit, will be built at Fincantieri Marinette Marine (Green Bay Press Gazette)

U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin Announces the USS Beloit, Newest Littoral Combat Ship Honors Made In Wisconsin Manufacturing (Urban Milwaukee)

US Navy ship named the USS Beloit (WIFR 23 Rockford)

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