24 • Milwaukee County Post • November 27, 2015
Photos by
Robert Borkowski
Left, the gang plank displays the name and motto
of the USS Milwaukee, a Freedom-class littoral com-
bat ship, during its commissioning Saturday on the
Lake Michigan shore in Milwaukee.
Above, as a steady snow falls during the
ceremony at Veterans Park in Milwaukee, Gov. Scott
Walker holds a Wisconsin flag that he will present
to Commander Kendall Bridgewater, commanding offi-
cer of the USS Milwaukee, right.
Crew members stand on shore Saturday as they await the order to bring the USS Milwaukee to life
on the Lake Michigan.
Snow covers the name plate of the USS Milwaukee on Saturday. While the event was sold out early
and thousands attended, there were empty chairs on the snowiest Nov. 21 in the city's history.
Beginning at 8:45 p.m. Nov. 20, 6.9 inches officially fell by 4 p.m. Saturday.
USS Milwaukee commissioned
