Tuesday, November 25, 2014

Independence Class LCS

Independence Class LCS (Littoral Combat Ship) – 2 units


LCS-2 – Independence – Commissioned: 2010 – №: 1 – Homeport: San Diego
LCS-4 – Coronado – Commissioned: 2014 – №: 2 – Homeport: San Diego
LCS-6 – Jackson – Commissioned: 2015 – №: 3 – Homeport: unknown
LCS-8 – Montgomery – Commissioned:
LCS-10 – Gabrielle Giffords – Commissioned:
LCS-12 – Omaha – Commissioned:
LCS-14 – Manchester – Commissioned:
LCS-16 – Tulsa – Commissioned:
LCS-18 –
LCS-20 –
LCS-22 –
LCS-24 –


Displacement: 2,307 metric tons light, 3,104 metric tons full, 797 metric tons deadweight
Length: 127.4 m
Beam: 31.6 m
Draft: 4.27 m
Propulsion:
2× MTU Friedrichshafen 20V 8000 Series diesel engines, 2x General Electric LM2500 gas turbines, 2x American VULKAN light weight multiple-section carbon fiber propulsion shaftlines, 2x LJ160E and 2x LJ150E Wärtsilä waterjets, retractable bow-mounted azimuth thruster, 4× diesel generators
Speed: 44 knots (81 km/h)
Range: 8000 km at 18 knots
Capacity: 210 metric tons
Complement: 40 core crew (8 officers, 32 enlisted) plus up to 35 mission crew


Sensors and processing systems:
SAAB AN/SPS-77(V)1 Sea GIRAFFE 3D air and surface search radar;
Sperry Marine BridgeMaster E navigational radar;
AN/KAX-2 electro-optical sensor with TV and FLIR;
Northrop Grumman ICMS (Integrated Combat Management System)
Electronic warfare & decoys:
ITT Corporation ES-3601 ESM system;
4× SRBOC decoy launchers for chaff and infrared decoys;
BAE Systems NULKA active radar decoy system


Armament:
AGM-114L Hellfire missiles;
1x BAE Systems Mark-110 57 mm gun;
4× Browning .50-cal guns (2 aft, 2 forward);
1x Raytheon SeaRAM CIWS;
Other weapons as part of mission modules


Aircraft carried:
2× MH-60R/S Sea Hawk;
MQ-8 Fire Scout

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