Lt. Cmdr. Lauren Chatmas

Command Destroyer Squadron 7

USS Tulsa visits with a German Navy frigate in the Philippine Sea

November 4, 2021 Lt. Cmdr. Lauren Chatmas

APRA HARBOR, Guam – Independence-variant littoral combat ships USS Jackson (LCS 6) and USS Tulsa (LCS 16) sailed with Germany Navy frigate FGS Bayern (F 217) in the Philippine Sea, and Tulsa hosted Bayern crewmembers for ship tours while moored at Naval Base Guam, October 18-21. At sea, the ships practiced communications, tactical maneuvers, division…

Tulsan serves on the USS Tulsa

July 29, 2021 Lt. Cmdr. Lauren Chatmas

PHILIPPINE SEA — A sailor born and raised in Tulsa serves aboard Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Tulsa (LCS 16), a U.S. Navy vessel named to honor Oklahoma’s second-largest city. Petty Officer 2nd class William Chase Stephens is a mass communications specialist (MC) stationed aboard the Guam-based submarine tender USS Frank Cable (AS 40), and…