USS Nantucket (LCS-27) will be a Freedom-class littoral combat ship of the United States Navy.[2][5] She will be the third commissioned ship in naval service named after Nantucket.[5]
USS Nantucket after launch.
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History | |
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United States | |
Name | Nantucket |
Namesake | Nantucket |
Awarded | 6 October 2017[2] |
Builder | Marinette Marine[2] |
Laid down | 9 October 2019[3] |
Launched | 7 August 2021[1] |
Sponsored by | Polly Spencer |
Christened | 7 August 2021 |
Identification | Hull number: LCS-27 |
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Status | On order |
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General characteristics | |
Class and type | Freedom-class littoral combat ship |
Length | 378 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.[2]
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.
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]