Crew says USS Fort Worth is ‘the best ship on the water’

Cmdr. Warren Cupps wears his Fort Worth cowboy boots and a Stetson hat on the bridge of "the best ship on the water.” "There's no doubt in my mind that the USS Fort Worth will be successful, because the sailors manning LCS ships are the best the Navy has got," Cupps said….

Congressman Marc Veasey, D-Fort Worth, said the LCS is an important program, because it represents the Navy's shift to a combat ship that can perform high-tech missions and be operated by smaller crews.

"While there have been challenges in the development of this program, just like any other, the ship now has a stable design and the price of the ships has come down dramatically," Veasey said in an email. "In fact, Assistant Secretary of the Navy Sean Stackley recently testified that LCS is the most affordable warship program in the Navy."