USS St. Louis (LCS-19)

For other ships with the same name, see USS St. Louis.

USS St. Louis during her commissioning ceremony on 8 August 2020
History
United States
Name	St. Louis
Namesake	St. Louis
Awarded	29 December 2010 [1]
Builder	Marinette Marine [1]
Laid down	17 May 2017 [2]
Launched	15 December 2018 [3]
Sponsored by	Barbara Broadhurst Taylor
Christened	15 December 2018 [3]
Acquired	6 February 2020 [4]
Commissioned	8 August 2020 [5]
Identification	MMSI number: 368926297 Hull number: LCS-19
Motto	Gateway to Freedom
Status	Active
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General characteristics
Class & type	Freedom-class littoral combat ship
Displacement	3,500 metric tons (3,900 short tons) full load [6]
Length	378.3 ft (115.3 m)
Beam	57.4 ft (17.5 m)
Draft	13.0 ft (4.0 m)
Propulsion	2 Rolls-Royce MT30 36 MW gas turbines, 2 Colt-Pielstick diesel engines, 4 Rolls-Royce waterjets
Speed	45 knots (52 mph; 83 km/h) (sea state 3)
Range	3,500 nmi (6,500 km) at 18 knots (21 mph; 33 km/h) [7]
Endurance	21 days (336 hours)
Boats & landing craft carried	11 m RHIB, 40 ft (12 m) high-speed boats
Complement	15 to 50 core crew, 75 mission crew (Blue and Gold crews)
Armament	BAE Systems Mk 110 57 mm gun RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missiles Honeywell Mk 50 Torpedo NETFIRES PAM missile in the ASuW module 2 .50 cal (12.7 mm) guns can be fitted with up to 4 Bushmaster 30mm guns
Aircraft carried	2 MH-60R/S Seahawks MQ-8 Fire Scout
Aviation facilities	Flight Deck, Hangar Bay
Notes	Electrical power is provided by 4 Isotta Fraschini V1708 diesel engines with Hitzinger generator units rated at 800 kW each.

USS St. Louis (LCS-19) is a Freedom-class littoral combat ship of the United States Navy. She is the seventh ship in naval service named after St. Louis, Missouri. ^[8]

Design

Aerial view

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]   St. Louis is the tenth Freedom-class littoral combat ship to be built.

Construction and career

St. Louis was built in Marinette, Wisconsin by Marinette Marine. ^[11] The ship was christened and launched on 15 December 2018. ^[3] She was commissioned on 8 August 2020 and is assigned to Littoral Combat Ship Squadron Two.

References

1. "St. Louis (LCS-19)". Naval Vessel Register . Retrieved 25 July 2016.
2. "Lockheed Martin-Led Team Lays Keel on 19th Littoral Combat Ship" (Press release). Lockheed Martin. 17 May 2017. Retrieved 17 May 2017.
3. "Littoral Combat Ship 19 (St. Louis) Christened And Launched" (Press release). Lockheed Martin. 15 December 2018. Retrieved 15 December 2018.
4. "Navy Accepts Delivery of Future USS St. Louis (LCS 19)" (Press release). United States Navy. 7 February 2020. NNS200207-13. Retrieved 7 February 2020.^{[ dead link ]}
5. "U.S. Navy Littoral Combat Ship USS St. Louis Joins the Fleet" (Press release). United States Navy. 8 August 2020. Retrieved 8 August 2020.
6. "Littoral Combat Ship Class - LCS". America's Navy. US Navy. Archived from the original on 19 April 2015. Retrieved 19 April 2015.
7. "Freedom Class LCS Littoral Combat Ship" . Retrieved 18 June 2015.
8. "Navy Names Littoral Combat Ship" (Press release). U.S. Navy. 20 April 2015. Archived from the original on June 19, 2015. Retrieved 11 June 2015.
9. "US Navy Fact File: Littoral Combat Ship Class – LCS". US Navy. Archived from the original on 2 March 2015. Retrieved 30 October 2015.
10. O'Rourke, Ronald (4 May 2010). "Navy Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) Program: Background, Issues, and Options for Congress" (PDF). Congressional Research Service. Archived (PDF) from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 30 December 2014.
11. "U.S. Navy Fact File: Littoral Combat Ships". U.S. Navy. Archived from the original on December 12, 2012. Retrieved 25 November 2016.

•  This article incorporates public domain material from St Louis (LCS-19) at the Naval Vessel Register .