USS Milwaukee (LCS-5)
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| Career (US) |  |
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| Name: | Milwaukee |
| Namesake: | Milwaukee, Wisconsin |
| Awarded: | 29 December 2010[1] |
| Builder: | Marinette Marine |
| Laid down: | 27 October 2011[1] |
| Status: | Under construction |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 2862 tons (full load)[1] |
| Length: | 378.3 ft (115.3 m)[1] |
| Beam: | 57.4 ft (17.5 m)[1] |
| Draft: | 13.0 ft (3.7 m)[1] |
| 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)[2] |
| 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) |
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| Notes: | Electrical power is provided by 4 Isotta Fraschini V1708 diesel engines with Hitzinger generator units rated at 800 kW each. |
USS Milwaukee (LCS-5) will be a Freedom class littoral combat ship of the United States Navy.[3] She will be the fifth ship to be named for the city of Milwaukee,[4][1] the largest city in Wisconsin.
Milwaukee is currently under construction by the Marinette Marine shipyard in Marinette, Wisconsin, as partners of Lockheed Martin. Her keel was laid down on 27 October 2011. Lockheed VP Joe North has said that starting with the Milwaukee, the Lockheed LCS design is "done, locked and stable".[5] This is after 30 or so changes from LCS-3 on top of hundreds of changes from LCS-1.[6] One of the improvements for Milwaukee are specially designed waterjets that replace the commercial versions used on previous LCS.[7]
Milwaukee is expected to be delivered to the fleet in 2014.[8]
References
- ^ a b c d e f g "Milwaukee". Naval Vessel Register. Retrieved 6 August 2011.
- ^ "LCS Littoral Combat Ship". Retrieved 2009-03-08.[dead link]
- ^ "Marinette Marine receives $376M Navy contract" The Business Journal. 18 March 2011
- ^ "Announcement of LCS 5 and LCS 7 Names" United States Navy. 18 March 2011
- ^ Ewing, Philip. "SNA: LM’s LCS enters its ‘cookie cutter’ phase." DoD Buzz, January 10th, 2012.
- ^ "Redeeming Freedom: U.S. Navy Seeks to Renew Faith in LCS Fleet."
- ^ "New Waterjets Could Propel Littoral Combat Ship to Greater Speeds."
- ^ http://www.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=63501%7C
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