United States Navy: Freedom Class LCS

Freedom Class LCS (Littoral Combat Ship) – 2 units

LCS-1 – Freedom – Commissioned: 2008 – №: 1 – Homeport: San Diego

LCS-3 – Fort Worth – Commissioned: 2012 – №: 2 – Homeport: San Diego

LCS-5 – Milwaukee – Commissioned: 2015 – №: 3 – Homeport: unknown

LCS-7 – Detroit – Commissioned:

LCS-9 – Little Rock – Commissioned:

LCS-11 – Sioux City – Commissioned:

LCS-13 – Witchta – Commissioned:

LCS-15 – Billings – Commissioned:

LCS-17 – Indianapolis – Commissioned:

LCS-19 –

LCS-21 –

Displacement: 3,000 tons full load

Length: 115 m; Beam: 17.5 m; Draft: 3.9 m

Installed power:

Electrical: 4 Isotta Fraschini V1708 diesel engines, Hitzinger generator units, 800 kW each

Propulsion: 2 Rolls-Royce MT30 36 MW gas turbines, 2 Colt-Pielstick diesel engines, 4 Rolls-Royce waterjets

Speed: 47 knots (87 km/h) sea state 3

Range: 6,500 km at 18 knots (33 km/h)

Endurance: 21 days (336 hours)

Boats & landing craft carried: 11 m RHIB, 12 m high-speed boats

Complement: 50 core crew, 65 with mission crew (Blue and Gold crews)

Sensors and processing systems:

EADS North America TRS-3D air and surface search radar;

Lockheed Martin COMBATSS-21 combat management system;

AN/SQR-20 Multi-Function Towed Array (As part of ASW mission module)

Electronic warfare & decoys:

Argon ST WBR-2000 ESM system;

Terma A/S SKWS decoy system

Armament:

AGM-114L Hellfire missiles;

1× BAE Systems Mark-110 57 mm gun, 400 rounds in turret and 2 ready service magazines with 240 rounds each;

4× Browning .50 in (12.7 mm) machine guns;

2× 30 mm Mark-44 Bushmaster II guns;

1× Mark-49 launcher with 21× RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missile Surface-to-Air Missiles;

Other weapons as part of mission modules

Aircraft carried:

2× MH-60R/S Sea Hawk;

MQ-8 Fire Scout

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