USS Independence (LCS-2)
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 USS Independence (LCS-2) concept art |
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| Career |  |
|---|---|
| Ordered: | 14 October 2005 |
| Laid down: | 19 January 2006 |
| Launched: | |
| Commissioned: | |
| Fate: | Under construction in US by Navy, unassigned to fleet |
| General Characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 2176 tons light, 2784 tons full, 608 tons dead |
| Length: | 127.4 meters (417 feet) |
| Beam: | 31.6 meters (104 feet) |
| Draft: | 4.5 meters (14.76 feet) |
| Propulsion: | |
| Speed: | 40+ knots |
| Range: | 4,500 NM |
| Armament: | |
| Motto: | |
- For other ships going by the same name, see USS Independence.
USS Independence (LCS-2), the class prototype for the Independence-class littoral combat ship, will be the sixth ship of the United States Navy to be named for the concept of independence. It is the design competitor produced by the General Dynamics consortium, in competition with the Lockheed Martin-designed Freedom class littoral combat ship.
The contract to build her was awarded to Austal USA of Mobile, Alabama, on 14 October 2005 and her keel was laid down on 19 January 2006.
[edit] Consortium partners
Partners include:
- Austal USA (Mobile, AL)
- BAE Systems (Rockville, MD)
- General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems (Fairfax, Va.)
- L3 Communications Marine Systems (Leesburg, VA)
- Maritime Applied Physics Corporation (Baltimore, MD)
- Northrop Grumman Electronic Systems (Baltimore, MD)
[edit] References
| Flight 0 littoral combat ships |
| Freedom-class littoral combat ships: Freedom | LCS-3 |
| Independence-class littoral combat ships: Independence | LCS-4 |
