USS Little Rock (LCS-9)
For other ships with the same name, see USS Little Rock.
_at_Marinette_Marine_in_July_2015.jpg) Launch of USS Little Rock (LCS-9) on 18 July 2015 | |
| History | |
|---|---|
 United States | |
| Name: | Little Rock |
| Namesake: | Little Rock, Arkansas |
| Awarded: | 29 December 2010[1] |
| Builder: | Marinette Marine[1] |
| Laid down: | 27 June 2013[1] |
| Launched: | 18 July 2015[2] |
| Sponsored by: | Janée L. Bonner[3] |
| Christened: | 18 July 2015[3] |
| Status: | Undergoing Sea trials |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Freedom-class littoral combat ship |
| Displacement: | 3,500 metric tons (3,900 short tons) full load[4] |
| Length: | 378.3 ft (115.3 m) |
| Beam: | 57.4 ft (17.5 m) |
| Draft: | 13.0 ft (4.0 m) |
| Installed power: | 4 Isotta Fraschini V1708 diesel engines with Hitzinger generator units rated at 800 kW each. |
| Propulsion: | 2 Rolls-Royce MT30 36 MW gas turbines, 2 Colt-Pielstick diesel engines, 4 Rolls-Royce waterjets |
| Speed: | 45 knots (52 mph; 83 km/h) (sea state 3) |
| Range: | 3,500 nmi (6,500 km) at 18 knots (21 mph; 33 km/h)[5] |
| Endurance: | 21 days (336 hours) |
| Boats & landing craft carried: | 11 m RHIB, 40 ft (12 m) high-speed boats |
| Complement: | 15 to 50 core crew, 75 mission crew (Blue and Gold crews) |
| Armament: |
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| Aircraft carried: | |
| Aviation facilities: | Flight deck, hangar |
USS Little Rock (LCS-9) is a Freedom-class littoral combat ship of the United States Navy.[1][6] It is the second ship named after Little Rock, the capital city of Arkansas.[7] The ship will cost somewhere between $300 million and $350 million[8] and is said to have many new features.[9] The keel laying ceremony for Little Rock was on 27 June 2013. The mast stepping ceremony took place on 23 April 2015, followed by the christening ceremony on 18 July 2015. Little Rock is presently undergoing sea trials. The ship will be commissioned at Buffalo, New York in late 2016 or early 2017.[10]
References
- 1 2 3 4 "Little Rock (LCS-9)". Naval Vessel Register. Retrieved 25 July 2016.
- ↑ "Lockheed Martin-Led Team Launches The Future USS Little Rock" (Press release). Lockheed Martin. 18 July 2015. Retrieved 18 July 2015.
- 1 2 "Navy Announces Christening of Littoral Combat Ship Little Rock" (Press release). U.S. Department of Defense. 17 July 2015. Retrieved 18 July 2015.
- ↑ "LCS Littoral Combat Ship". Archived from the original on 8 August 2007. Retrieved 2009-03-08.
- ↑ "Marinette Marine to build USS Little Rock". Fox News. 15 July 2011. Archived from the original on 18 July 2011.
- ↑ "Navy Names Littoral Combat Ship Little Rock" (Press release). U.S. Department of Defense. 15 July 2011. Retrieved 19 April 2015.
- ↑ Mays, Gabrielle (18 October 2014). "Future USS Detroit launched at Marinette Marine shipyard". Fox 11. Retrieved 19 April 2015.
- ↑ Friedman, Norman (23 December 2013). "USS Little Rock, From Light to Guided Missile Cruiser: Lessons For The Littoral Combat Ship,". Breaking Defense. Retrieved 19 April 2015.
- ↑ Besecker, Aaron (26 April 2016). "New USS Little Rock to be commissioned at Canalside". The Buffalo News. Retrieved 26 April 2016.
- This article includes information collected from the Naval Vessel Register, which, as a U.S. government publication, is in the public domain. The entry can be found here.
External links
Media related to USS Little Rock (LCS-9) at Wikimedia Commons
USS Little Rock Association website
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