Cmdr. Joseph Trager, commanding officer of USS Augusta, will visit the ship’s namesake city of Augusta as well as Bath, and Portland, Feb. 12-13.
As a representative of America’s Navy, he will meet with Mainers including Augusta Mayor Mark O’Brien, the ship’s sponsor the President and Dean of Maine Law, Leigh Saufley, non-profit organizations and Augusta school district educators and students.
This visit to Maine strengthens the bond between the people of Augusta, Bath, and Portland and America’s Warfighting Navy that has sailed the globe in defense of freedom for 250 years.
Trager’s ship, Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Augusta, is the 17th Independence-variant littoral combat ship, and the second U.S. Navy ship named for Maine’s capital city. In honor of its connection with the Pine Tree state, the ship commissioned at Eastport, Sept. 30, 2024.
A native of Sheboygan, Wisconsin and graduate of Purdue University, Trager has deployed around the world in support of Counter-Terrorism and Counter-Piracy Operations, and lived overseas in Bahrain, Italy, and Japan. He assumed command of USS Augusta on Oct. 25, 2024.
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