USS Detroit (LCS-7)
For other ships of the same name, see USS Detroit.
 USS Detroit during christening | |
| History | |
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 United States
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| Name: | Detroit |
| Namesake: | Detroit, Michigan |
| Awarded: | 17 March 2011[1] |
| Builder: | Marinette Marine |
| 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 |
| Status: | Under construction |
| Badge: |
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| General characteristics | |
| Class & 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)[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: | 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] |
| 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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| 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 a Freedom-class littoral combat ship of the United States Navy.[5] The ceremonial “laying of the keel” was in early November 2012, at Marinette, Wisconsin.[6] The ship was launched on 18 October 2014.[2]
Namesake
Detroit will be the sixth ship to be named after the city of Detroit, Michigan.[7][1]
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 "Detroit". Naval Vessel Register. Retrieved 6 August 2011.
- 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". Retrieved 8 March 2009.
- ↑ "Marinette Marine receives $376M Navy contract". Milwaukee Business Journal. 18 March 2011. Retrieved 19 April 2015.
- ↑
- ↑ "Announcement of LCS 5 and LCS 7 Names" (pdf). United States Navy. 18 March 2011. Retrieved 19 April 2015.
External links
Media related to USS Detroit (LCS-7) at Wikimedia Commons
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