USS Indianapolis (LCS-17)

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Indianapolis undergoing acceptance trials in Lake Michigan in 2019
History
Flag of the United States.svgUnited States
NameIndianapolis
Namesake Indianapolis, IN
Awarded29 December 2010 [1]
Builder Marinette Marine [1]
Laid down18 July 2016 [2]
Launched18 April 2018 [1]
Sponsored byJill Donnelly
Christened14 April 2018 [3]
Acquired26 July 2019 [4]
Commissioned26 October 2019 [5]
Homeport Mayport
Identification
MottoLegacy of War
StatusActive
Badge USS Indianapolis (LCS 17) Crest.png
General characteristics
Class and type Freedom-class littoral combat ship
Displacement3,500 metric tons (3,900 short tons) full load [6]
Length378.3 ft (115.3 m)
Beam57.4 ft (17.5 m)
Draft13.0 ft (4.0 m)
Propulsion2 Rolls-Royce MT30 36 MW gas turbines, 2 Colt-Pielstick diesel engines, 4 Rolls-Royce waterjets
Speed45 knots (52 mph; 83 km/h) (sea state 3)
Range3,500 nmi (6,500 km) at 18 knots (21 mph; 33 km/h) [7]
Endurance21 days (336 hours)
Boats & landing
craft carried		11 m RHIB, 40 ft (12 m) high-speed boats
Complement15 to 50 core crew, 75 mission crew (Blue and Gold crews)
Sensors and
processing systems		 TRS-4D AESA radar
Armament
Aircraft carried
Aviation facilitiesFlight Deck, Hangar Bay
NotesElectrical power is provided by 4 Isotta Fraschini V1708 diesel engines with Hitzinger generator units rated at 800 kW each.

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. [8]

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Design

In 2002, the US Navy initiated a program to develop the first of a fleet of littoral combat ships. [9] 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. [9] [10] 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. [9] The initial order of littoral combat ships involved a total of four ships, including two of the Freedom-class design. [9]  Indianapolis is the tenth Freedom-class littoral combat ship to be built.

Indianapolis includes additional stability improvements over the original Freedom design; the stern transom was lengthened and buoyancy tanks were added to the stern to increase weight service and enhance stability. [11] The ship will also feature automated sensors to allow "conditions-based maintenance" and reduce crew overwork and fatigue issues that Freedom had on her first deployment. [12]

Construction and career

Marinette Marine was awarded the contract to build the ship on 29 December 2010. Construction began on 18 July 2016 and she was launched on 18 April 2018. she is homeported to Naval Station Mayport, Florida and assigned to Littoral Combat Ship Squadron Two.

Indianapolis was commissioned in a ceremony at Burns Harbor, Indiana on 26 October 2019. [5] [13]

As of March 2020, Indianapolis is billeted to act in the mine countermeasures (MCM) role. [14]

On the morning of September 27, 2024, while transiting the Red Sea with Arleigh Burke class destroyers USS Stockdale and Spruance, she was attacked by roughly two dozen missiles and drones launched by Iranian backed Houthi rebels in Yemen. All missiles and drones were intercepted or missed their target outright.

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