 Austal USA out of Mobile had a ceremony this past weekend for the last of its littoral combat ships to be built for the U.S. Navy. USS Pierre is a warship named after the capital city of South Dakota. It was christened by the daughter of South Dakota's U.S. Senator John Thune. I'm Andrea Tuss. For more news affecting Alabamians, go to 1819news.com. And while you're there, subscribe to the Daily Newsletter.