United States Navy Fact File: LITTORAL COMBAT SHIP CLASS - LCS
Description
LCS is a fast, agile, mission-focused- platform designed for operation in near-shore environments yet capable of open-ocean operation. It is designed to defeat asymmetric "anti-access" threats such as mines, quiet diesel submarines and fast surface craft...
- General Characteristics, Freedom variant
- Builder: Lockheed Martin
- Length: 387.6 feet (118.1 meters)
- Beam: 57.7 feet (17.6 meters)
- Displacement: approximately 3,450 MT full load
- Draft: 14.1 feet (4.3 meters)
- Speed: 40+ knots
- Ships:
- USS Freedom (LCS 1), San Diego
- PCU Sioux City (LCS 11) - under construction
- PCU Wichita (LCS 13) - under construction
- PCU Billings (LCS 15) - under construction
- PCU Indianapolis (LCS 17) - under construction
- PCU St. Louis (LCS 19) - under construction
- PCU Minneapolis-St. Paul (LCS 21) - under construction
- PCU Cooperstown (LCS 23) - in pre-production phase
- PCU Marinette (LCS 25) - in pre-production phase
- PCU TBD (LCS 27) - awarded and in pre-production phase
- USS Fort Worth (LCS 3), San Diego
- USS Milwaukee (LCS 5) - Mayport, Florida
- USS Detroit (LCS 7) - Mayport, Florida
- PCU Little Rock (LCS 9) - delivered; in post delivery