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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

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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.