FILE PHOTO: NAVAL STATION MAYPORT, Fla. (Sept. 9, 2021) The Freedom-variant littoral combat ship USS Sioux City (LCS 11) departs Naval Station Mayport for a deployment, Sept. 9, 2021. Sioux City is homeported at Naval Station Mayport and is one of four littoral combat ships under Surface Division 21. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Aaron Lau)