USS Omaha (LCS-12)
 USS Omaha underway on 8 August 2021
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| History | |
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 United States | |
| Name | Omaha |
| Namesake | Omaha |
| Awarded | 29 December 2010 |
| Builder | Austal USA[1] |
| Laid down | 18 February 2015[1][2] |
| Launched | 20 November 2015[1] |
| Sponsored by | Susan Alice Buffett[3] |
| Christened | 19 December 2015[3] |
| Acquired | 15 September 2017[1] |
| Commissioned | 3 February 2018 |
| Homeport | San Diego |
| Identification |
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| Motto |
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| Status | Active |
| Badge | _Crest.png) |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Independence-class littoral combat ship |
| Displacement | |
| Length | 127.4 m (418 ft) |
| Beam | 31.6 m (104 ft) |
| Draft | 4.3 m (14 ft) |
| Propulsion | 2 × gas turbines, 2 × diesel, 4 × waterjets, retractable Azimuth thruster, 4 × diesel generators |
| Speed | +40 knots (74 km/h; 46 mph), 47 knots (87 km/h; 54 mph) sprint |
| Range | 4,300 nmi (8,000 km; 4,900 mi) at 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph)+ |
| Capacity | 210 t (210 long tons; 230 short tons) |
| Complement | 40 core crew (8 officers, 32 enlisted) plus up to 35 mission crew |
| Sensors and processing systems |
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| Electronic warfare & decoys |
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| Armament |
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| Aircraft carried | 2 × MH-60R/S Seahawks |
USS Omaha (LCS-12) is an
Design
In 2002, the United States Navy initiated a program to develop the first of a fleet of littoral combat ships.[4] 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 (LCS-2).[4] 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.[4] The initial order of littoral combat ships involved a total of four ships, including two of the Independence-class design.[4] On 29 December 2010, the Navy announced that it was awarding Austal USA a contract to build ten additional Independence-class littoral combat ships.[5][6]
Construction and career
The vessel was ordered from Austal USA with a contract awarded on 29 December 2010.[1] The ceremonial laying of the keel was on 18 February 2015, at their shipyard in Mobile, Alabama.[2] Omaha was
UFO incident
On 15 July 2019 alleged multiple
of the phenomena, which remain unexplained.References
- ^ a b c d e "Omaha". Naval Vessel Register. Retrieved 25 July 2016.
- ^ a b "Austal commemorates keel laying for USS Omaha (LCS 12)" (Press release). Austal USA. 18 February 2015. Retrieved 30 June 2015.
- ^ a b c Liewer, Steve (22 December 2015). "Susie Buffett christens USS Omaha, the newest member of Navy's fleet". Omaha World-Herald. Retrieved 13 January 2016.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Program Executive Office Littoral Combat Ships (20 November 2015). "Future USS Omaha (LCS 12) Launches" (Press release). Navy News Service. NNS151120-25. Retrieved 10 December 2015.
- ^ "Navy Names Five New Ships" (Press release). U.S. Department of Defense. 15 February 2012. 109-12. Retrieved 28 June 2015.
- ^ "Introducing... The USS Omaha". WOWT.com. WOWT NBC Omaha. 15 February 2012. Retrieved 23 May 2015.
- ^ "USS Omaha will be commissioned in San Diego today". 3 February 2018. Retrieved 3 February 2018.
- ^ "LCS Squadron 1". public.navy.mil. Retrieved 25 February 2018.
- ^ Barnes, Dustin (28 May 2021). "UFO filmmaker releases 46-second video allegedly showing swarm of objects hovering near Navy ship". USA Today. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
- ^ Cohen, Zachary; Williams, Katie Bo (4 June 2021). "US intelligence officials have no evidence confirming Navy pilot UFO encounters were alien spacecraft". CNN. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
- ^ "U.S. government finds no evidence aerial sightings were alien spacecraft -NYT". Reuters. 4 June 2021. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
- 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.
External links
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