SINGAPORE (Dec. 29, 2014) The littoral combat ship USS Fort Worth (LCS 3) arrives at Changi Naval Base. Fort Worth is on a 16-month deployment to the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations in support of the Asia-Pacific rebalance. Fort Worth will operate out of Singapore as a maintenance and logistics hub from which the ship will conduct patrols and train with regional navies during exercises like Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training.