USS Jackson (LCS-6)

Sister ship USS Independence
Career
Name: Jackson
Namesake: Jackson, Mississippi
Awarded: 29 December 2010
Builder: Austal USA
Launched: 14 December 2013
Status: In active service, as of 2015
General characteristics
Class and type:Independence-class littoral combat ship
Displacement:2,307 metric tons light, 3,104 metric tons full, 797 metric tons deadweight[1]
Length:127.4 m (418 ft)[1]
Beam:31.6 m (104 ft)[1]
Draft:14 ft (4.27 m)[1]
Propulsion:2× General Electric LM2500 gas turbines[2]
4× waterjets, retractable Azimuth thruster
4× diesel generators
Speed:40+ knots, 47 knots (54 mph; 87 km/h) sprint
Range:4,300 nm at 20+ knots
Capacity:210 tonnes
Complement:40 core crew (8 officers, 32 enlisted) plus up to 35 mission crew
Sensors and
processing systems:
  • Sea Giraffe 3D Surface/Air RADAR
  • Bridgemaster-E Navigational RADAR
  • AN/KAX-2 EO/IR sensor for GFC
Electronic warfare
and decoys:
  • EDO ES-3601 ESM
  • 4× SRBOC rapid bloom chaff launchers
Armament:
  • BAE Systems Mk 110 57 mm gun
  • 4× .50-cal guns (2 aft, 2 forward)
  • Evolved SeaRAM 11 cell missile launcher
  • Mission modules
Aircraft carried:
  • 2× MH-60R/S Seahawks
  • MQ-8 Fire Scout
For other ships of the same name, see USS Jackson.

USS Jackson (LCS-6) is an Independence-class littoral combat ship of the United States Navy. She will be the first ship to be named for Jackson, the capital of Mississippi.[3]

Construction began on 1 August 2011 with the first cutting of aluminum at Austal USA's Modular Manufacturing facility in Mobile, Alabama.[4] The name of the ship was announced on 5 October 2011.[5] The ship was launched on 14 December 2013.[1]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 "Jackson (LCS 6)". Naval Vessel Register. July 2011. Retrieved 6 August 2011.
  2. ↑ http://www.naval-technology.com/news/newsge-marines-lm2500-gas-turbines-to-power-uss-jackson-lcs-6
  3. ↑ "Navy Names Littoral Combat Ships Jackson and Montgomery" DOD press release. 25 March 2011
  4. ↑ "Building of LCS moves forward" UPI. 5 August 2011
  5. ↑ "U.S. Navy Christens Independence-Class Littoral Combat Ship USS Jackson". Shipbuilding Tribune. 6 October 2011. Archived from the original on 8 October 2011. Retrieved 8 October 2011.

External links

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