USS Nantucket (LCS-27)

USS Nantucket (LCS-27) will be a Freedom-class littoral combat ship of the United States Navy.[1][5] She will be the third commissioned ship in naval service named after Nantucket.[5]

For other ships with the same name, see USS Nantucket.
USS Nantucket after launch.
History
United States
NameNantucket
NamesakeNantucket
Awarded6 October 2017[1]
BuilderMarinette Marine[1]
Laid down9 October 2019[2]
Launched7 August 2021[3]
Sponsored byPolly Spencer
Christened7 August 2021
IdentificationHull number: LCS-27
Motto
  • Dominae griseae maris
  • (Grey Lady of the Sea)[4]
StatusOn order
Badge
General characteristics
Class and typeFreedom-class littoral combat ship
Length378 ft (115 m)
Speed>40 knots (46 mph; 74 km/h)

Marinette Marine was awarded the contract to build the ship on 6 October 2017.[1]

Design

In 2002, the US Navy initiated a program to develop the first of a fleet of littoral combat ships.[6] The Navy initially ordered two monohull ships from Lockheed Martin, which became known as the Freedom-class littoral combat ships after the first ship of the class, USS Freedom.[6][7] Odd-numbered U.S. Navy littoral combat ships are built using the Freedom-class monohull design, while even-numbered ships are based on a competing design, the trimaran hull Independence-class littoral combat ship from General Dynamics.[6] The initial order of littoral combat ships involved a total of four ships, including two of the Freedom-class design.[6]  Nantucket will be the fourteenth Freedom-class littoral combat ship to be built.

Construction and career

The ship was christened on 7 August 2021 and launched into the Menominee River.[8] Her sponsor was Polly Spencer, wife of Richard V. Spencer, former Secretary of the Navy.[9]

References
  1. "Nantucket (LCS-27)". Naval Vessel Register. Retrieved 15 February 2018.
  2. "Lockheed Martin-Led Team Begins Construction On Navy's Littoral Combat Ship, The Future USS Nantucket" (Press release). Lockheed Martin. 9 October 2019. Retrieved 9 October 2019.
  3. "Littoral Combat Ship 27 (USS Nantucket) Christened And Launched" (Press release). Lockheed Martin. 9 August 2021. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
  4. "USS Nantucket (LCS 27)". The Institute of Heraldry. U.S. Army. 21 October 2021. Retrieved 21 October 2021.
  5. "Secretary of the Navy Names Two Littoral Combat Ships" (Press release). U.S. Navy. 13 February 2018. NNS180213-13. Retrieved 15 February 2018.
  6. "US Navy Fact File: Littoral Combat Ship Class – LCS". US Navy. Archived from the original on 2 March 2015. Retrieved 30 October 2015.
  7. O'Rourke, Ronald (4 May 2010). "Navy Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) Program: Background, Issues, and Options for Congress" (PDF). Congressional Research Service. Archived (PDF) from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 30 December 2014.
  8. "Future USS Nantucket christened at Marinette Marine". wbay.com. 9 August 2021. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
  9. Anderson, Travis (14 August 2021). "USS Nantucket is ready for action". Boston Globe. pp. B3.
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