May 7, 2009: The USS Freedom showed her wares to the Washington DC community by paying a call at the docks of Old Town Alexandria, Virginia, across the Potomac from Washington.
Freedom docked at Robinson terminal. I am still waiting for a schedule on her voyage to her home port in San Diego. I am expecting her to do that some time in early 2010 perhaps leaving Virginia for the voyage some time around October 2009. It is my understanding she is now operating out of Norfolk and Naval Amphibious Base, both in Virginia. Weapons systems of this kind take a long time from idea to operations, but I gotta tell ya, I can't wait to see her go into combat --- she's gonna kick some butt, I feel it in my gut.
December 15, 2008: The USS Freedom has made her way from Marinette, Wisconsin, where she was built, through the Great Lakes, out the St. Lawrence Seaway, and down the Atlantic Ocean to her temporary home at Norfolk, Virginia. She will now undergo post-delivery tests and sea trials at Norfolk, and then move on to her home port at San Diego. Photo credit: MCS Joshua Adam Nuzzo.
