USS Beloit

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USS Beloit launched in Marinette, Wisconsin
History
Flag of the United States.svgUnited States
NameBeloit
Namesake Beloit
Awarded18 September 2018
Builder Marinette Marine
Laid down22 July 2020 [1]
Launched7 May 2022 [2]
Sponsored byMG Marcia Anderson (USAR, Ret.)
Christened7 May 2022 [2]
Commissioned23 November 2024 [3] [4]
HomeportMayport, Florida [5]
Identification Hull number: LCS-29
MottoForward for Freedom [6]
StatusIn service
Badge USS Beloit-LCS 29-Coat of Arms.png
General characteristics
Class and type Freedom-class littoral combat ship
Displacement3,410 metric tons (3,760 short tons) full load [7]
Length388 ft (118 m) [7]
Beam58 ft (18 m) [7]
Draft14 ft (4.3 m) [7]
Speed>40 knots (46 mph; 74 km/h)
Complement9 officers, 41 enlisted [7]

USS Beloit (LCS-29) is a Freedom-class littoral combat ship of the United States Navy. [8] She is the first commissioned ship in naval service named after Beloit, Wisconsin. This honors the contributions Beloit has made to the US Navy, especially the engines built in its Fairbanks Morse plant, including USS Beloit's own powerplant. [9] [10] [11]

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Design

In 2002, the US Navy initiated a program to develop the first of a fleet of littoral combat ships. [12] 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. [12] [13] 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. [12] The initial order of littoral combat ships involved a total of four ships, including two of the Freedom-class design. [12]  Beloit is the fifteenth Freedom-class littoral combat ship to be built.

Construction and career

Marinette Marine was awarded the contract to build Beloit on 18 September 2018. [7] [8] She was christened and launched on 7 May 2022 at the shipyard in Marinette, Wisconsin. [2] The ship's sponsor is Beloit-born Major General Marcia Anderson, (USAR, Ret.). Now retired, she was the first African-American woman to reach the rank of Major General in the US Army, US Army Reserve and the US Army National Guard. [14]

Beloit successfully completed her acceptance trials in August 2024 [5] and was commissioned in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on 23 November 2024. [3]

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References

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  3. 1 2 "Navy Announces Commissioning Ceremony for the Future USS Beloit" . Retrieved 18 November 2024.
  4. ↑ https://armyrecognition.com/news/navy-news/2024/commissioning-of-uss-beloit-marks-a-new-era-in-littoral-combat
  5. 1 2 "U.S. Navy Accepts Delivery of Future USS Beloit (LCS 29)" . Retrieved 18 November 2024.
  6. ↑ "USS Beloit (LCS 29)". The Institute of Heraldry. U.S. Army. 11 August 2022. Retrieved 18 August 2022.
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  9. ↑ "Secretary of the Navy Names Newest Freedom Variant Littoral Combat Ship" (Press release). United States Navy. 9 October 2018.
  10. ↑ "Navy names future Wisconsin ship USS Beloit, will be built at Fincantieri Marinette Marine". Green Bay Press Gazette. 9 October 2018.
  11. ↑ "U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin Announces the USS Beloit, Newest Littoral Combat Ship Honors Made In Wisconsin Manufacturing" (Press release). Urban Milwaukee. 9 October 2018.
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