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
  • 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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