USS Detroit (LCS-7)
For other ships with the same name, see USS Detroit.
 USS Detroit during christening | |
| History | |
|---|---|
 United States | |
| Name: | Detroit |
| Namesake: | Detroit, Michigan |
| Awarded: | 17 March 2011[1] |
| Builder: | Marinette Marine[1] |
| Laid down: | 8 November 2012 |
| Launched: | 18 October 2014[2] |
| Sponsored by: | Mrs. Barbara Levin[2] (Wife of Senator Carl Levin) |
| Christened: | 18 October 2014 |
| Commissioned: | 22 October 2016[3] |
| Homeport: | Naval Base San Diego[1] |
| Status: | Active |
| Badge: |
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| 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)[1] |
| Beam: | 57.4 ft (17.5 m)[1] |
| Draft: | 13.0 ft (3.7 m)[1] |
| Propulsion: | 2 Rolls-Royce MT30 36 MW gas turbines, 2 Colt-Pielstick diesel engines, 4 Rolls-Royce waterjets |
| Speed: | 40 knots (46 mph) (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: | |
| Notes: | Electrical power is provided by 4 Isotta Fraschini V1708 diesel engines with Hitzinger generator units rated at 800 kW each. |
USS Detroit (LCS-7) is the fourth Freedom-class littoral combat ship of the United States Navy.[6] The ceremonial “laying of the keel” was in early November 2012 at the Marinette Marine shipyards in Marinette, Wisconsin.[7] The ship was launched on 18 October 2014.[2]
The US Navy accepted Detroit into service on 16 August 2016; the ship was commissioned on 22 October 2016.[8][3]
Namesake
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USS Detroit with its namesake in the background
Detroit is the sixth ship to be named after the city of Detroit, Michigan.[1][9]
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Detroit (LCS-7)". Naval Vessel Register. Retrieved 25 July 2016.
- 1 2 3 Phelps, Nathan (18 October 2014). "Future USS Detroit christened, launched". Green Bay Press Gazette. Retrieved 19 April 2015.
- ↑ "LCS Littoral Combat Ship". Program Executive Office, Ships. Archived from the original on 8 August 2007. Retrieved 8 March 2009.
- ↑ "Marinette Marine receives $376M Navy contract". Milwaukee Business Journal. 18 March 2011. Retrieved 19 April 2015.
- ↑ Levin, Carl (9 November 2012). "USS Detroit Is Important to a City and a Nation". levin.senate.gov. Archived from the original on 11 December 2012. Retrieved 29 November 2012.
- ↑ "Navy accepts new Littoral Combat Ship". Spacewar.com.
- ↑ "Announcement of LCS 5 and LCS 7 Names" (PDF). United States Navy. 18 March 2011. Retrieved 19 April 2015.
- 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
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