BRISTOL, R.I. (WPRI) — The U.S. Navy is sending the USS Wichita up Narragansett Bay to be part of Bristol’s Fourth of July Celebration.
The 378-foot Freedom-class littoral combat ship will arrive in Bristol at some point this week,
She is named after Wichita, Kansas, and is designed for combat near shorelines and is capable of supporting forward presence, maritime security, and sea control operations…