USS Sioux City

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USS Sioux City (LCS-11) underway on the Severn River, Maryland (USA), on 13 November 2018 (181113-N-OI810-140).JPG
USS Sioux City underway on the Severn River on 13 November 2018
History
Flag of the United States.svgUnited States
NameSioux City
Namesake Sioux City
Awarded16 March 2012 [1]
Builder Marinette Marine [1]
Laid down19 February 2014 [2]
Launched30 January 2016 [3]
Sponsored byMary Winnefeld
Christened30 January 2016
Acquired22 August 2018 [4]
Commissioned17 November 2018 [5]
Decommissioned14 August 2023 [6]
Homeport Naval Station Mayport [1]
Identification
MottoForging a New Frontier
StatusStricken, Final Disposition Pending [1]
Badge USS Sioux City (LCS-11) Crest.png
General characteristics
Class and type Freedom-class littoral combat ship
Displacement3,500 metric tons (3,900 short tons) full load [7]
Length378.3 ft (115.3 m)
Beam57.4 ft (17.5 m)
Draft13 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) [8] 1,500 nmi (2,800 km) at 50 knots (58 mph; 93 km/h), 4,300 nmi (8,000 km) at 20 knots (23 mph; 37 km/h)
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)
Armament
Aircraft carried
NotesElectrical power is provided by 4 Isotta Fraschini V1708 diesel engines with Hitzinger generator units rated at 800 kW each.

USS Sioux City (LCS-11) was a Freedom-class littoral combat ship of the United States Navy. She is the first ship named after Sioux City, the fourth-largest city in Iowa. [9] [10]

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Design

In 2002, the Navy initiated a program to develop the first of a fleet of littoral combat ships. [11] 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. [11] [12] Odd-numbered 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. [11] The initial order of littoral combat ships involved a total of four ships, including two of the Freedom-class design. [11] Sioux City was the sixth Freedom-class littoral combat ship to be built.

Sioux City 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. [13] 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. [14]

Construction and career

The ceremonial “laying of the keel” was on 19 February 2014, at Marinette, Wisconsin. [2] The ship was constructed by Fincantieri Marinette Marine and launched on 30 January 2016 after being christened by her sponsor Mary Winnefield, wife of Admiral James A. Winnefeld Jr., USN. [3] [15]

Sioux City was delivered to the Navy by Lockheed Martin and the Marinette Marine shipyard on 22 August 2018 along with sister ship Wichita in a double delivery. [4] The ship was commissioned at the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland on 17 November 2018, [5] and then assigned to Littoral Combat Ship Squadron Two.

In September 2020, Sioux City was assigned to the US Southern Command with a United States Coast Guard law enforcement detachment on board to help perform counter-narcotics operations. [16]

Sioux City leads a joint flotilla through the Persian Gulf, June 2022 Maritime Operations 220625-A-NS602-1402.jpg
Sioux City leads a joint flotilla through the Persian Gulf, June 2022

In May 2022, Sioux City was assigned to the Sixth Fleet, while she was equipped with a surface warfare module. In late May, Sioux City was re-assigned to the Fifth Fleet and assigned to the Combined Task Force (CTF) 153 in the Red Sea. [17]

On 2 October 2022, Sioux City arrived at her homport of Mayport after a five-month deployment, becoming the first LCS to operate in the Baltic Sea, Mediterranean Sea, Red Sea, Gulf of Aden, Northern Arabian Sea, Gulf of Oman, and Persian Gulf. [18]

On 14 August 2023, Sioux City was decommissioned at Naval Station Mayport and placed into a Foreign Military Sale (FMS) disposition status. [6]

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