USS Sioux City
For ships with a similar name, see USS Sioux.
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| History | |
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| Name: | Sioux City |
| Namesake: | Sioux City, Iowa |
| Awarded: | 16 March 2012[1] |
| Builder: | Marinette Marine[1] |
| Laid down: | 19 February 2014[1][2] |
| Launched: | 30 January 2016[1] |
| Sponsored by: | Mary Winnefield |
| Status: | Launched |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Freedom-class littoral combat ship |
| Displacement: | 3,500 metric tons (3,900 short tons) full load[3] |
| Length: | 378.3 ft (115.3 m) |
| Beam: | 57.4 ft (17.5 m) |
| Draft: | 13 ft (4.0 m) |
| 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)[4]1,500 nmi (2,800 km) at 50 knots (58 mph; 93 km/h), 4,300 nmi (8,000 km) at 20 knots (23 mph; 37 km/h) --> |
| 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) |
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| Notes: | Electrical power is provided by 4 Isotta Fraschini V1708 diesel engines with Hitzinger generator units rated at 800 kW each. |
USS Sioux City (LCS-11) will be a Freedom-class littoral combat ship of the United States Navy.[1] It will be the first ship named after Sioux City, the fourth-largest city in Iowa.[5][6] The ceremonial “laying of the keel” was on 19 February 2014, at Marinette, Wisconsin.[2] The ship was constructed by Fincantieri Marinette Marine and launched on 30 January 2016 after being christened by its sponsor, Mrs. Mary Winnefield.[7] It is expected to enter service in early 2017.
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 "Sioux City (LCS-11)". Naval Vessel Register. Retrieved 25 July 2016.
- 1 2 "Lockheed Martin-Led Team Lays Keel on Nation's Eleventh Littoral Combat Ship" (Press release). Lockheed Martin. 19 February 2014. Retrieved 30 June 2015.
- ↑ "US Navy Fact File: LITTORAL COMBAT SHIP CLASS – LCS". Retrieved 17 June 2012.
- ↑ "Navy Names Five New Ships" (Press release). U.S. Department of Defense. 15 February 2012. Retrieved 28 June 2015.
- ↑ Hayworth, Bret (15 February 2012). "U.S. Navy Names New Ship 'USS Sioux City'". Sioux City Journal. Retrieved 19 April 2015.
- ↑ "Lockheed Martin-Led Team Launches Future USS Sioux City" (Press release). Lockheed Martin. 30 January 2016. Retrieved 31 January 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.
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