WASHINGTON, Nov. 15 -- The U.S. Navy issued the following news release: * * * Navy to commission future littoral combat ship, USS Pierre (LCS 38) * PANAMA CITY, Fla.Independence-variant littoral combat ship, the future USS Pierre (LCS 38), will be commissioned, Nov. 15 at 10 a.m. CST in Panama City, Florida. Pierre will be the 19th and final Independence-variant littoral combat ship (LCS) and the second U.S. Navy ship to bear the name. The Honorable John Phelan, Secretary of the Navy, wi more PR