USS Little Rock LCS 9
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The New USS Little Rock: A model of naval power, flexibility and affordability!! By Lou Michel MARINETTE, Wis. The new USS Little Rock stretches the length of a football field. It weighs 15 times more than the Statue of Liberty. And it can still float or maneuver in water just shy of 14 feet deep. But to fully grasp the appeal of the Navy's newest combat ship, think of it like a pickup truck, albeit a $440 million model with 8,000 computer sensors. Click here to read the full article. |
Littoral Combat Ship USS Little Rock LCS 9 Like her sister ships who will precede her, LITTLE ROCK will be a fast, agile and focused-mission ship designed for near-shore operations as well as open-ocean operations. The new LITTLE ROCK will be part of the new LCS class of ships. This class of ships consist of two variants: the Freedom variant, and Independence variant. As a ship of the Freedom varient LITTLE ROCK will be outfitted with reconfigurable payloads (called Mission Packages) which can be swapped out quickly. Mission packages are supported by special detachments that will deploy manned and unmanned vehicles and sensors in support of mine, undersea and surface warfare missions. LITTLE ROCK is presently in the final stages of her construction and is undergoing sea trials at Marinette Marine Corporation's shipyard in Marinette, Wisconsin. Click HERE for Latest News. |
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Freedom
Class USS Freedom LCS 1 General Characteristics Varient 1, Flight 0 Builder: Lockheed Martin - Marinette Marine Length: 324' (wl), 378.9' (oa) Hull Type: Semi-Planing Monohull Beam: 43' (wl), 57' (extreme) Displacement: approx. 3,000 MT full load Draft: 13' (navigational), 14' (draft limit) Speed: 40+ knots |
Independence
Class
 USS Independence LCS 2
General Characteristics Builder: General Dynamics
- Austal USA Length: 419 ft. (127.6 meters) Hull Type: Trimaran Beam: 103.7 ft. (31.6 meters) Displacement: approx. 3,000 MT full load Draft: 14.1 ft (4.3 meters) Speed: 40+ knots |
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above data was derived from the "US Navy Fact File" on LCS Littoral
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| Littoral
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| Block 0 (or "Flight 0") configured ships - 24 total | ||||
| Hull No. | Name | Class | Photo | Status |
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| LCS 1 | USS Freedom | Freedom | |
Commissioned 08 Nov 2008 Homeport San Diego, CA Decommissioned 29 Sep 2021 |
| LCS 2 | USS Independence | Independence | |
Commissioned 16 Jan 2010 Homeport: San Diego, CA Decommissioned 29 Jul 2021 |
| LCS 3 | USS Forth Worth | Freedom |  |
Commissioned 22 Sep 2012 Homeport San Diego, CA |
| LCS 4 | USS Coronado | Independence |  |
Commissioned 05 Apr 2014 Homeport San Diego, CA Decommissioned 14 Sep 2022 |
| LCS 5 | USS Milwaukee | Freedom |  |
Commissioned 21 Nov 2015 Homeport Mayport, FL Decommissioned 8 Sep 2023 |
| LCS 6 | USS Jackson | Independence |  |
Commissioned 05 Dec 2015 Homeport San Diego, CA |
| LCS 7 | USS Detroit | Freedom |  |
Commissioned 22 Oct 2016 Homeport Mayport, FL Decommissioned 29 Sep 2023 |
| LCS 8 | USS Montgomery | Independence |  |
Commissioned 10 Sep 2016 Homeport San Diego, CA |
| LCS 9 | USS Little Rock | Freedom |  |
Commissioned: 16 Dec 2017 Homeport Mayport, FL Decommissioned 29 Sep 2023 |
| LCS 10 | USS Gabrielle Giffords | Independence |  |
Commissioned 10 Jun 2017 Homeport San Diego, CA |
| LCS 11 | Sioux City | Freedom |  |
Commissioned: 17 Dec 2018 Homeport Mayport, FL Decommissioned 14 Aug 2023 |
| LCS 12 | USS Omaha | Independence |  |
Commissioned 03 Feb 2018 Homeport San Diego, CA |
| LCS 13 | Wichita | Freedom |  |
Commissioned: 12 Jan 2019 Homeport Mayport, FL |
| LCS14 | Manchester | Independence |  |
Commissioned 26 May 2018 Homeport San Diego, CA |
| LCS 15 | Billings | Freedom |  |
Commissioned: 03 Aug 2019 Homeport Mayport, FL |
| LCS 16 | Tulsa | Independence |  |
Commissioned 16 Feb 2019 Homeport San Diego, CA |
| LCS 17 | Indianapolis | Freedom |  |
Commissioned: 26 Oct 2019 Homeport Mayport, FL |
| LCS 18 | Charleston | Independence |  |
Commissioned 02 Mar 2019 Homeport San Diego, CA |
| LCS 19 | St. Louis | Freedom |  |
Commissioned 08 Aug 2020 Homeport Mayport, FL |
| LCS 20 | Cincinnati | Independence |  |
Commissioned 05 Oct 2019 Homeport San Diego, CA |
| LCS 21 | Minneapolis St. Paul | Freedom |  |
Commissioned 22 May 2022 Homeport Mayport, FL |
| LCS 22 | Kansas City | Independence |  |
Commissioned 20 June 2020 Homeport San Diego, CA |
| LCS 23 | Cooperstown | Freedom |  |
Commissioned 06 May 2023 Homeport Mayport, FL |
| LCS 24 | Oakland | Independence |  |
Commissioned 17 April 2021 Homeport San Diego, CA |
| Block 1 (or "Flight 1") configured ships - 8 planned | ||||
| Hull No. | Name | Class | Photo | Status |
| LCS 25 | Marinette | Freedom |  |
Commissioned 16 September 2023 Homeport Mayport, FL |
| LCS 26 | Mobile | Independence |  |
Commissioned 22 May 2021 Homeport San Diego, CA |
| LCS 27 | Nantucket | Freedom |  |
Commissioned 16 Nov 2024 Homeport Mayport, FL |
| LCS 28 | Savannah | Independence |  |
Commissioned 05 February 2022 Homeport Portland, OR |
| LCS 29 | Beloit | Freedom | - | Christened 07 May 2022 |
| LCS 30 | Canberra | Independence |  |
Commissioned 22 July 2023 Homeport San Diego, CA |
| LCS 31 | Cleveland | Freedom | - | Christened 15 April 2023 |
| LCS 32 | Santa Barbara | Independence |  |
Commissioned 01 April 2023 Homeport San Diego, CA |
| LCS 34 | Augusta | Independence |  |
Commissioned 30 September 2023 Homeport San Diego, CA |
| LCS 36 | Kingsville | Independence | - | |
| LCS 38 | Pierre | Independence | - | |
More info on the
Freedom & Independence Class
Littoral Combat Ships . . . . .
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