USS Wichita (LCS-13)
For other ships with the same name, see USS Wichita.
_launches_sideways_(29725271776).jpg) The Wichita being launched on September 17, 2016 | |
| History | |
|---|---|
 United States | |
| Name: | Wichita |
| Namesake: | Wichita, Kansas |
| Awarded: | 4 March 2013[1] |
| Builder: | Marinette Marine[1] |
| Laid down: | 9 February 2015[1][2] |
| Launched: | September 17, 2016 |
| Sponsored by: | Kate Lehrer |
| Status: | Under construction |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Freedom-class littoral combat ship |
| Displacement: | 3,500 metric tons (3,900 short tons) full load[3] |
| Length: | 378.3 ft (115.3 m) |
| Beam: | 57.4 ft (17.5 m) |
| Draft: | 13.0 ft (4.0 m) |
| Propulsion: | 2 Rolls-Royce MT30 36 MW gas turbines, 2 Colt-Pielstick diesel engines, 4 Rolls-Royce waterjets |
| Speed: | 45 knots (52 mph; 83 km/h) (sea state 3) |
| Range: | 3,500 nmi (6,500 km) at 18 knots (21 mph; 33 km/h)[4] |
| Endurance: | 21 days (336 hours) |
| Boats & landing craft carried: | 11 m RHIB, 40 ft (12 m) high-speed boats |
| Complement: | 15 to 50 core crew, 75 mission crew (Blue and Gold crews) |
| Armament: |
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| Aircraft carried: | |
| Aviation facilities: | Flight Deck, Hangar Bay |
| Notes: | Electrical power is provided by 4 Isotta Fraschini V1708 diesel engines with Hitzinger generator units rated at 800 kW each. |
USS Wichita (LCS-13) will be a Freedom-class littoral combat ship of the United States Navy.[1] It will be the third ship named after Wichita, the largest city in Kansas.[5] The ceremonial “laying of the keel” was on 9 February 2015, at Marinette, Wisconsin.[2] Sponsored by Kate Lehrer, wife of Wichita native Jim Lehrer, the ship was christened and launched on 17 September 2016.[6][7]
References
- 1 2 3 4 "Witchita (LCS-13)". Naval Vessel Register. Retrieved 25 July 2016.
- 1 2 "Sparks of Life: Lockheed Martin-Led Team Lays Keel on Nation's Thirteenth Littoral Combat Ship" (Press release). Lockheed Martin. 9 February 2015. Retrieved 11 June 2015.
- ↑ "LCS Littoral Combat Ship". Archived from the original on 8 August 2007. Retrieved 2009-03-08.
- ↑ "Secretary of the Navy Names Multiple Ships" (Press release). U.S. Department of Defense. 12 April 2013. Retrieved 11 June 2015.
- ↑ "Navy launches new USS Wichita combat ship". greatbendpost.com. 17 September 2016. Retrieved 18 September 2016.
- ↑ Tanner, Beccy (16 September 2016). "USS Wichita will carry some of city's history". The Wichita Eagle. Retrieved 18 September 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.
External links
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