USS Cincinnati (LCS-20)
USS Cincinnati in the Gulf of Mexico on 10 February 2019
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Name | Cincinnati |
Namesake | Cincinnati |
Awarded | 29 December 2010[3] |
Builder | Austal USA[3] |
Laid down | 10 April 2017[4] |
Launched | 22 May 2018 |
Sponsored by | Penny Pritzker |
Christened | 6 May 2018[5] |
Acquired | 21 June 2019[1] |
Commissioned | 5 October 2019[2] |
Homeport | San Diego |
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Motto | Strength in Unity |
Status | Active |
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Class and 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 |
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Aircraft carried | 2× MH-60R/S Seahawks |
USS Cincinnati (LCS-20) is an Independence-class littoral combat ship of the United States Navy.[3] She is the fifth ship to be named after Cincinnati, Ohio.[6]
Design
In 2002, the United States Navy initiated a program to develop the first of a fleet of littoral combat ships.[7] The Navy initially ordered two trimaran hulled ships from General Dynamics, which became known as the Independence-class littoral combat ship after the first ship of the class, USS Independence.[7] Even-numbered U.S. Navy littoral combat ships are built using the Independence-class trimaran design, while odd-numbered ships are based on a competing design, the conventional monohull Freedom-class littoral combat ship.[7] The initial order of littoral combat ships involved a total of four ships, including two of the Independence-class design.[7] On 29 December 2010, the Navy announced that it was awarding Austal USA a contract to build ten additional Independence-class littoral combat ships.[8][9] Cincinnati has a crew of up to 40 sailors and can hold two MH-60R/S Seahawk helicopters.[10]
Construction and career
Cincinnati was christened on 7 May 2018 by former Secretary of Commerce
References
- ^ "Navy Accepts Delivery of Future USS Cincinnati (LCS 20)" (Press release). NAVSEA. 21 June 2019. Retrieved 21 June 2019.
- ^ a b c "Cincinnati (LCS-20)". Naval Vessel Register. Retrieved 25 July 2016.
- ^ "Navy Lays Keel of Future USS Cincinnati (LCS 20)" (Press release). United States Navy. 17 April 2017. Retrieved 17 April 2017.
- ^ "Austal hosts christening for LCS 20" (Press release). Austal. 6 May 2018. Retrieved 6 May 2018.
- ^ "Secretary of the Navy Names Littoral Combat Ship" (Press release). U.S. Department of Defense. 19 July 2015. Retrieved 20 July 2015.
- ^ Special from Navy Office of Information (29 December 2010). "Littoral Combat Ship Contract Award Announced" (Press release). Navy News Service. NNS101229-09. Retrieved 30 October 2015.
- ^ Osborn, Kris (27 June 2014). "Navy Engineers LCS Changes". www.dodbuzz.com. Monster. Retrieved 12 July 2014.
- ^ "Navy launches ninth Independence class combat ship the USS Cincinnati". War Is Boring. 7 October 2019. Retrieved 25 July 2023.
- UPI.
Cincinnati councilman and former member of the U.S. Congress, David Mann, spoke at the christening, and former Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker served as the ship's sponsor. Pritzker broke a bottle of sparkling wine across the bow in keeping with time-honored Navy traditions.
- ^ "LCS Squadron 1". public.navy.mil. Retrieved 25 February 2018.
- ^ "USS Cincinnati (LCS 20)". www.surfpac.navy.mil. Retrieved 25 July 2023.
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.