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History | |
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Name | Cleveland |
Namesake | City of Cleveland |
Awarded | 15 January 2019 [1] |
Builder | Marinette Marine |
Laid down | 16 June 2021 [2] |
Launched | 15 April 2023 [3] |
Sponsored by | Robyn Modly [3] |
Christened | 15 April 2023 [3] |
Identification | Hull number: LCS-31 |
Motto | Forge a Legacy [4] |
Status | Under construction |
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General characteristics | |
Class and type | Freedom-class littoral combat ship |
Displacement | 3,410 metric tons (3,760 short tons) full load [1] |
Length | 388 ft (118 m) [1] |
Beam | 58 ft (18 m) [1] |
Draft | 14 ft (4.3 m) [1] |
Speed | >40 knots (46 mph; 74 km/h) |
Complement | 9 officers, 41 enlisted [1] |
USS Cleveland (LCS-31) is a Freedom-class littoral combat ship of the United States Navy. [5] She is the fourth commissioned ship in naval service named after Cleveland, the second-largest city in Ohio. [6]
In 2002, the US Navy began a program to develop the first of a fleet of littoral combat ships. [7] 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. [7] [8] Odd-numbered US 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. [7] The initial order of littoral combat ships involved a total of four ships, including two of the Freedom-class design. [7] Cleveland is the sixteenth Freedom-class littoral combat ship to be built.
Marinette Marine was awarded the contract to build the ship on 15 January 2019. [1] Cleveland was launched on 14 April 2023. [9] [10] In a sideways launch, Cleveland was involved in a minor collision with a tugboat. No injuries were reported, and damage to Cleveland was "limited" and above the waterline. The shipyard intends to use a shiplift to transfer future ships to the water in a more controlled manner. [11]
USS Freedom (LCS-1) is the lead ship of the Freedom-class littoral combat ship for the United States Navy. She is the third vessel to be so named after the concept of freedom. She is the design competitor produced by the Lockheed Martin consortium, in competition with the General Dynamics–designed USS Independence. She was officially accepted by the Supervisor of Shipbuilding Gulf Coast, on behalf of the US Navy, from the Lockheed Martin/Marinette Marine/Gibbs and Cox team, in Marinette, Wisconsin, on 18 September 2008.
Fincantieri Marinette Marine (FMM) is an American shipbuilding firm in Marinette, Wisconsin. Marinette Marine was a subsidiary of Manitowoc Marine Group of Wisconsin from 2000 to 2009, when it was sold to Fincantieri Marine Group.
The Freedom class is one of two classes of the littoral combat ship program, built for the United States Navy.
USS Fort Worth (LCS-3) is a Freedom-class littoral combat ship of the United States Navy. She is the first ship to be named after Fort Worth, Texas, the 13th-largest city in the United States.
USS Milwaukee (LCS-5) was a Freedom-class littoral combat ship of the United States Navy. She was the fifth ship to be named for the city of Milwaukee, the largest city in Wisconsin.
USS Detroit (LCS-7) was the fourth Freedom-class littoral combat ship of the United States Navy. She is the sixth ship to be named after the city of Detroit, Michigan.
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USS Indianapolis (LCS-17) is a Freedom-class littoral combat ship of the United States Navy. She is the fourth vessel in the navy named after Indianapolis, Indiana.
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USS Santa Barbara (LCS-32) is an Independence-class littoral combat ship of the United States Navy. She is the 32nd ship of the type, and 16th of the class, which is inter-numbered with the Freedom-class littoral combat ships. With 35 LCSs now active or planned, the type is the Navy's second largest number of surface warfare ships in production, next only to its guided missile destroyers. She is the third US Navy ship to be named for the city of Santa Barbara, California.
USS Kingsville (LCS-36) is an Independence-class littoral combat ship of the United States Navy. She will be the first ship to be named for Kingsville, Texas, which is home to Naval Air Station Kingsville.