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181121-N-CZ893-0436 SAN DIEGO (Nov 21, 2018) Mineman 1st Class Derek Smith, assigned to the future littoral combat ship USS Tulsa (LCS 16), is greeted by his family during a homecoming at Naval Base San Diego. Tulsa arrived to its San Diego homeport after successfully completing the ship's maiden voyage from the Austal USA shipyard in Mobile, Alabama. Tulsa is the eighth ship in the littoral combat ship Independence-variant class and is scheduled for commissioning Feb. 16, 2019 in San Francisco. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Jason Isaacs/Released)