USS Nantucket (LCS-27)

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Nantucket after launch
History
Flag of the United States.svgUnited States
NameNantucket
Namesake Nantucket
Awarded6 October 2017 [1]
Builder Marinette Marine [1]
Laid down9 October 2019 [2]
Launched7 August 2021 [3]
Sponsored byPolly Spencer
Christened7 August 2021
Commissioned16 November 2024
Homeport Mayport
Identification Hull number: LCS-27
Motto
  • Dominae griseae maris
  • (Grey Lady of the Sea) [4]
StatusIn active service
Badge USS Nantucket (LCS-27) Crest.png
General characteristics
Class and type Freedom-class littoral combat ship
Length378 ft (115 m)
Speed>40 knots (46 mph; 74 km/h)

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

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Design

In 2002, the 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 is the 14th Freedom-class littoral combat ship to be built.

Construction and career

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

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]

Nantucket was commissioned on 16 November 2024 at Charlestown Navy Yard in Boston under the command of Commander Angela Eickelmann. [10] [11] At the time it was commissioned, the ship's home port was identified as Naval Station Mayport near Jacksonville, Florida. [11]

Nantucket arriving in Boston for commissioning in November 2024 USS Nantucket (LCS-27) November 2024.jpg
Nantucket arriving in Boston for commissioning in November 2024

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