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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:
  1. USS Freedom (LCS 1), San Diego
  2. PCU Sioux City (LCS 11) - under construction
  3. PCU Wichita (LCS 13) - under construction
  4. PCU Billings (LCS 15) - under construction 
  5. PCU Indianapolis (LCS 17) - under construction
  6. PCU St. Louis (LCS 19) - under construction 
  7. PCU Minneapolis-St. Paul (LCS 21) - under construction
  8. PCU Cooperstown (LCS 23) - in pre-production phase
  9. PCU Marinette (LCS 25) - in pre-production phase
  10. PCU TBD (LCS 27) - awarded and in pre-production phase
  11. USS Fort Worth (LCS 3), San Diego
  12. USS Milwaukee (LCS 5) - Mayport, Florida
  13. USS Detroit (LCS 7) - Mayport, Florida
  14. PCU Little Rock (LCS 9) - delivered; in post delivery