USS Manchester (LCS-14)

For other ships of the same name, see USS Manchester.
Sister ship USS Independence
History
United States
Name: Manchester
Namesake: Manchester, New Hampshire
Awarded: 4 March 2013[1]
Builder: Austal USA
Laid down: 29 June 2015[2]
Sponsored by: Jeanne Shaheen[2]
Status: Under construction
General characteristics
Class & type: Independence-class littoral combat ship
Displacement: 2,307 metric tons light, 3,104 metric tons full, 797 metric tons deadweight
Length: 127.4 m (418 ft)
Beam: 31.6 m (104 ft)
Draft: 14 ft (4.27 m)
Propulsion: 2× gas turbines, 2× diesel, 4× waterjets, retractable Azimuth thruster, 4× diesel generators
Speed: 40 knots (74 km/h; 46 mph)+, 47 knots (54 mph; 87 km/h) sprint
Range: 4,300 nautical miles (8,000 km; 4,900 mi) at 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph)+
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
& decoys:
  • EDO ES-3601 ESM
  • 4× SRBOC rapid bloom chaff launchers
Armament:
Aircraft carried:

USS Manchester (LCS-14) will be an Independence-class littoral combat ship of the United States Navy.[1] She will be the second ship to be named for Manchester, New Hampshire.[3][4]

The ship's keel was laid on 29 June 2015, at Mobile, Alabama.[2] The initials of New Hampshire senator Jeanne Shaheen, the ship's sponsor, were welded into the hull of Manchester during the traditional keel laying ceremony.

References

  1. 1 2 "Manchester". Naval Vessel Register. Retrieved 30 June 2015.
  2. 1 2 3 "Austal hosts keel laying for new Littoral Combat Ship Manchester (LCS 14)" (Press release). Austal USA. 29 June 2015. Retrieved 3 February 2016.
  3. ↑ "Secretary of the Navy Names Multiple Ships" (Press release). U.S. Department of Defense. 12 April 2013. Retrieved 11 June 2015.
  4. ↑ "Navy decides to name new combat ship after the city of Manchester, NH". This Week in Raymond. Retrieved 18 May 2015.
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