USS Montgomery (LCS-8)
_off_San_Diego_on_8_November_2016.JPG) USS Montgomery (LCS-8) in November 2016 | |
| History | |
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| Name: | Montgomery |
| Namesake: | City of Montgomery |
| Awarded: | 29 December 2010[1] |
| Builder: | Austal USA[1] |
| Laid down: | 25 June 2013[1] |
| Launched: | 6 August 2014[1] |
| Sponsored by: | Mary Blackshear Sessions[2] |
| Christened: | 8 November 2014[2] |
| Acquired: | 23 June 2016[1] |
| Commissioned: | 10 September 2016[3] |
| Homeport: | San Diego, California[1] |
| Status: | in active service[3] |
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| 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× gas turbines, 2× diesel, 4× waterjets, retractable Azimuth thruster, 4× diesel generators |
| Speed: | 40+ knots, 47 knots (54 mph; 87 km/h) sprint |
| Range: | 4,300 nmi (7,964 km; 4,948 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 |
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USS Montgomery (LCS-8) is an Independence-class littoral combat ship of the United States Navy. She is the fourth ship to be named for Montgomery, the capital of Alabama.[4]
Montgomery was launched from Austal USA's shipyards in Mobile, Alabama on 6 August 2014.[4] Montgomery was christened on 8 November 2014.[2] The ship was commissioned on 10 September 2016 in Mobile, Alabama.[3] The commanding officer is Commander Mark Stefanik.
On 13 September 2016, Montgomery experienced two unrelated casualties within a 24-hour period while transiting from Mobile, Alabama to her homeport of San Diego, CA. The first casualty happened when the crew detected a seawater leak in the hydraulic cooling system. Later that day, Montgomery experienced a casualty to one of its gas turbine engines.
On 4 October 2016, a tug collided with Montgomery while the latter was getting underway to avoid Hurricane Matthew. Due to the collision, a crack measuring a foot in length was caused amidships, approximately three feet above the waterline. Five strakes were also bent. Temporary repairs were conducted, and the ship left port as planned.[5]
On 29 October 2016 Montgomery sustained an 18-inch-long crack to its hull while passing through the Panama Canal en route to its homeport in San Diego. Montgomery was traveling from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean through the canal's series of locks when it hit the concrete center lock wall while under the control of a local Panama Canal pilot.[6]
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 "Montgomery (LCS 8)". Naval Vessel Register. Retrieved 11 September 2016.
- 1 2 3 "USS Montgomery (LCS 8) Christened" (Press release). Austal USA. 8 November 2014. Retrieved 10 December 2015.
- 1 2 3 Yawn, Andrew J. (10 September 2016). "'Man our ship': USS Montgomery commissioned". Montgomery Advertiser. Retrieved 11 September 2016.
- 1 2 "Future USS Montgomery Launches and Marks Production Milestone" (Press release). Navy News Service. 6 August 2014. NNS140806-21. Retrieved 7 August 2014.
- ↑ Larter, David. "Tug collides with LCS Montgomery, cracks the hull". Navy Times. Sightline Media Group. Retrieved 7 October 2016.
- ↑ LaGrone, Sam (31 October 2016). "Littoral Combat Ship USS Montgomery Damaged Transiting Panama Canal". USNI News. U.S. Naval Institute. Retrieved 2 November 2016.
- This article includes information collected from the Naval Vessel Register, which, as a U.S. government publication, is in the public domain. The entry can be found here.
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