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INDEPENDENCE littoral combat ships (2010-)


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Coronado 2014

Ships


No Name Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comm Fate
LCS2 Independence 618 Austal USA, Mobile 19.1.2006 28.4.2008 16.1.2010 in service (2020)
LCS4 Coronado 642 Austal USA, Mobile 17.12.2009 11.1.2012 27.1.2014 in service (2020)
LCS6 Jackson 700 Austal USA, Mobile 18.10.2012 14.12.2013 5.12.2015 in service (2020)
LCS8 Montgomery 701 Austal USA, Mobile 25.6.2013 6.8.2014 10.9.2016 in service (2020)
LCS10 Gabrielle Giffords 702 Austal USA, Mobile 16.4.2014 25.2.2015 10.6.2017 in service (2020)
LCS12 Omaha 703 Austal USA, Mobile 18.2.2015 20.11.2015 3.2.2018 in service (2020)
LCS14 Manchester 704 Austal USA, Mobile 29.6.2015 13.5.2016 26.5.2018 in service (2020)
LCS16 Tulsa 705 Austal USA, Mobile 11.1.2016 16.3.2017 16.2.2019 in service (2020)
LCS18 Charleston 706 Austal USA, Mobile 28.6.2016 14.9.2017 2.3.2019 in service (2020)
LCS20 Cincinnati 707 Austal USA, Mobile 10.4.2017 22.5.2018 5.10.2019 in service (2020)
LCS22 Kansas City 708 Austal USA, Mobile 15.11.2017 19.10.2018 2020 building (2020)
LCS24 Oakland 709 Austal USA, Mobile 20.7.2018 21.7.2019 2020 building (2020)
LCS26 Mobile 710 Austal USA, Mobile 14.12.2018 11.1.2020 2020 building (2020)
LCS28 Savannah 711 Austal USA, Mobile 20.9.2019 2020 2021 building (2020)
LCS30 Canberra 712 Austal USA, Mobile 10.3.2020 2020 2021 building (2020)
LCS32 Santa Barbara   Austal USA, Mobile 2020 2021 2022 building (2020)
LCS34 Augusta   Austal USA, Mobile 2020 2021 2022 authorized (2020)
LCS36 Kingsville   Austal USA, Mobile 2021 2022 2023 authorized (2020)
LCS38 Pierre   Austal USA, Mobile 2021 2022 2023 authorized (2020)


Technical data


Displacement standard, t

2175

Displacement full, t

2785

Length, m

127.6

Breadth, m

31.6

Draught, m

4.40

No of shafts

4 Wärtsilä waterjets

Machinery

CODAG: 2 MTU 20V8000 M71 diesels / 2 General Electric LM-2500 gas turbines

Power, h. p.

24760 + 59840 = 84600

Max speed, kts

45

Fuel, t

gas turbine oil

Endurance, nm(kts)4300(18)
Armament

1 x 21 RAM SAM (21 RIM-116), 1 x 1 - 57/70 Mk 110 Mod. 0, 4 x 1 - 12.7/90, 2 helicopters (MH-60R/S) + 3 UAV (MQ-8B)

also one of three mission modules:

MIW: support of the MH-60S helicopter (with AQS-20A minehunting sonar, ALQ-220 Oasis minesweeping gear, AES-1 laser mine mine detection system, AQS-235 mine neutralization system), 1 MQ-8 UAV (with Cobra laser mine detection system), WLD-1 RMS minehunting system with USV surface drone with USSS minesweeping gear or BPAUV Bluefin-1 mnehunting USV

ASuW: 3 x 15 Griffin SSM (45 AGM-176), 2 x 1 - 30/80 Mk 46, support of the 1 MH-60R helicopter (with Hellfire ASMs), 2 MQ-8B UAV (with APKWS ASMs), 2 USV surface drones (with 1 30mm gun and RGES system)

ASW: CAPTAS towed sonar, TB-37 MFTA towed array, torpedo defence system, 1 MH-60R helicopter, 2 MQ-8B UAVs

Electronic equipment

Sperry Bridgemaster, SPS-27(v)1 (Sea Giraffe AMB) radars, Sea FLIR E/O director, EDO ES3601 ECM suite, 2x SRBOC Mk 36 Mod. 12 ALEX (Mk 137), 2x Nulka decoy RL, SSTD torpedo decoy, ICMS CCS

also if used with ASW module: CAPTAS towed sonar, TB-37 MFTA towed array

Complement

75



Standard scale images


<i>Independence </i>2010
Independence 2010


Graphics


<i>Coronado </i>2014
Coronado 2014


Project history

One outcome of the cancellation of the DD21-class destroyer in 2001 was the initiation of a program to study the possible acquisition of what began as a class of 1250-2500t "Littoral Combat Ship" for use in coastal waters and to combat "asymmetric" threats. The class incorporates numerous signature-reduction features and is designed to be able to defend itself, conduct intelligence, surveillance and recoinnassance operations and interdict hostile or unknown vessels. Austal USA was awarded to built Independence class units under the General Dynamics design.

Independence class design is based on a fast commercial ferry and includes an aluminium trimaran hull with 1030m² flight deck, 351m² helicopter hangar and 1414m² internal mission bay as well as the capability to launch and recover RIBs, small boats and unmanned surface/subsurface craft from the ship's stern and starboardside. Flight deck is equipped with Trigon landing assistance system. Core crew consisted of 40 seamen, 20 additional crew serve in an aviation detachment, about 35 more men are required to the mission module. Each two LCSs have three crews to be operational at all times.

Modular reconfigurable payload can be carried as dictated by mission requirements. A mission package consists of mission modules, mission crew detachments and support aircraft. First three modules used by LCS, are mine-countermeasures (MIW, Mine Interdiction Warfare), delivered by 2012, surface-warfare (ASuW, AntiSUrface Warfare), delivered by 2012 (Griffin missiles will be added to package in the post-2017 time), and anti-submarine warfare (ASW, AntiSubmarine Warafre), delivered by 2016. Navy plans to have 16 anti-submarine, 24 mine-countermeasures and 24 surface warfare mission packages.

Three additional types of mission modules are on developing stage. There are: IW (Irregular Warfare) for disaster relief after nature catastrophes, MSM (Maritime Security Module) for reaction to asymmetrical threats and 2 variants of SOF (Special Operations Forces) module.

Planned life time of the ships is 25 years.

Modernizations

2016, Coronado (temporarily for tests): + 2 x 4 Harpoon SSM (8 RGM-84)

future planned: + Hellfire SSMs, 2 x 1 - 30/80 Mk 46 guns, SQR-20 towed sonar

Naval service

No significant events.