BUFFALO, NY (Nov. 16, 2008) USS Freedom (LCS 1) arrives at the Buffalo Naval Park for a scheduled visit on her innagural voyage to Norfolk, Va. Residents of the city welcomed the ship as she sailed into Buffalo's Inner Harbor. While in port, the ship will be on display and available for tours. Freedom was commissioned on Nov. 8, 2008 in Milwaukee at Veterans Park. Freedom will continue making her way through the Great Lakes, up the St. Lawrence River and then on to a year of testing and evaluation at Naval Amphibious Base Little Creek. The ship will stop in additional U.S. and Canadian cities along the way. (U.S. Navy video/Released)
