USS Sioux City (LCS-11)

For ships with a similar name, see USS Sioux.
Shown here is sister-ship USS Freedom underway
History
United States
Name: Sioux City
Namesake: Sioux City, Iowa
Awarded: 16 March 2012[1]
Builder: Marinette Marine
Laid down: 19 February 2014[1][2]
Launched: 30 January 2016
Sponsored by: Mary Winnefield
Status: Launched
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)
Beam: 57.4 ft (17.5 m)
Draft: 13 ft (4.0 m)
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]1,500 nmi (2,800 km) at 50 knots (58 mph; 93 km/h), 4,300 nmi (8,000 km) at 20 knots (23 mph; 37 km/h) -->
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)
Armament:
Aircraft carried:
Notes: Electrical power is provided by 4 Isotta Fraschini V1708 diesel engines with Hitzinger generator units rated at 800 kW each.

USS Sioux City (LCS-11) will be a Freedom-class littoral combat ship of the United States Navy.[1] It will be the first ship named after Sioux City, the fourth-largest city in Iowa.[5][6] The ceremonial “laying of the keel” was on 19 February 2014, at Marinette, Wisconsin.[2] The ship was constructed by Fincantieri Marinette Marine and launched on 30 January 2016 after being christened by its sponsor, Mrs. Mary Winnefield.[7] It is expected to enter service in early 2017.

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Sioux City". Naval Vessel Register. Retrieved 30 June 2015.
  2. 1 2 "Lockheed Martin-Led Team Lays Keel on Nation’s Eleventh Littoral Combat Ship" (Press release). Lockheed Martin. 19 February 2014. Retrieved 30 June 2015.
  3. ↑ "Littoral Combat Ship Class - LCS". America's Navy. US Navy. Retrieved 19 April 2015.
  4. ↑ "US Navy Fact File: LITTORAL COMBAT SHIP CLASS – LCS". Retrieved 17 June 2012.
  5. ↑ "Navy Names Five New Ships" (Press release). U.S. Department of Defense. 15 February 2012. Retrieved 28 June 2015.
  6. ↑ Hayworth, Bret (15 February 2012). "U.S. Navy Names New Ship 'USS Sioux City'". Sioux City Journal. Retrieved 19 April 2015.
  7. ↑ "Lockheed Martin-Led Team Launches Future USS Sioux City" (Press release). Lockheed Martin. 30 January 2016. Retrieved 31 January 2016.

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