USS Tulsa (LCS-16) is an Independence-class littoral combat ship of the United States Navy.

[7][8] In 2002, the United States Navy initiated a program to develop the first of a fleet of littoral combat ships.

[9] On 29 December 2010, the Navy announced that it was awarding Austal USA a contract to build ten additional Independence-class littoral combat ships.

[6] She has been assigned to Littoral Combat Ship Squadron One[13] Tulsa returned to San Diego on 30 July 2022 following deployment.

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