USS Kansas City (LCS-22)

For other ships with the same name, see USS Kansas City.

USS Kansas City in San Diego on 24 May 2020
History
United States
NameKansas City
NamesakeKansas City
Awarded29 December 2010[2]
BuilderAustal USA[2]
Laid down15 November 2017[2]
Launched19 October 2018[3]
Sponsored byTracy Davidson[1]
Christened22 September 2018[4]
Acquired12 February 2020[5]
Commissioned20 June 2020[6]
HomeportSan Diego
Identification
MottoUnited We Stand, Divided We Fall
StatusActive
Badge
General characteristics
Class and typeIndependence-class littoral combat ship
Displacement2,307 metric tons light, 3,104 metric tons full, 797 metric tons deadweight
Length127.4 m (418 ft)
Beam31.6 m (104 ft)
Draft14 ft (4.27 m)
Propulsion2× gas turbines, 2× diesel, 4× waterjets, retractable Azimuth thruster, 4× diesel generators
Speed40 knots (74 km/h; 46 mph)+, 47 knots (54 mph; 87 km/h) sprint
Range4,300 nautical miles (8,000 km; 4,900 mi) at 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph)+
Capacity210 tonnes
Complement41 core crew (9 officers, 32 enlisted) plus up to 35 mission crew
Sensors and
processing systems
  • Sea Giraffe 3D Surface/Air RADAR
  • Bridgemaster-E Navigational RADAR
  • AN/KAX-2 EO/IR sensor for GFC
Electronic warfare
& decoys
  • EDO ES-3601 ESM
  • 4× SRBOC rapid bloom chaff launchers
Armament
Aircraft carried2× MH-60R/S Seahawks

USS Kansas City (LCS-22) is an Independence-class littoral combat ship of the United States Navy. She is the third ship to be named for Kansas City, the largest city in the U.S. state of Missouri.[7]

Design

In 2002, the United States Navy initiated a program to develop the first of a fleet of littoral combat ships.[8] The Navy initially ordered two trimaran hulled ships from General Dynamics, which became known as the Independence-class littoral combat ship after the first ship of the class, USS Independence.[8] Even-numbered U.S. Navy littoral combat ships are built using the Independence-class trimaran design, while odd-numbered ships are based on a competing design, the conventional monohull Freedom-class littoral combat ship.[8] The initial order of littoral combat ships involved a total of four ships, including two of the Independence-class design.[8] On 29 December 2010, the Navy announced that it was awarding Austal USA a contract to build ten additional Independence-class littoral combat ships.[9][10]

Construction and career

Kansas City was built in Mobile, Alabama by Austal USA. The ship was christened on 22 September 2018 in Mobile, Alabama,[4] and sponsored by Tracy Davidson, wife of Admiral Philip S. Davidson.[1] She was launched 19 October 2018 into the Mobile River.[3]

Kansas City was commissioned on 20 June 2020[6] and she has been assigned to Littoral Combat Ship Squadron One.[11]

References

  1. ^ a b "USS Kansas City named by Navy official who threw a first pitch at The K. Coincidence?". kansascity.com. 18 September 2018. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
  2. ^ a b c "Kansas City (LCS-22)". Naval Vessel Register. Retrieved 25 July 2016.
  3. ^ a b "USS Kansas City released into Mobile River". kshb.com. 19 October 2018. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
  4. ^ a b "Austal USA Celebrates the Christening of Kansas City (LCS 22)" (Press release). Austal USA. 22 September 2018. Retrieved 22 September 2018.
  5. ^ "Navy Accepts Delivery of Future USS Kansas City (LCS 22)" (Press release). United States Navy. 13 February 2020. NNS200213-01. Retrieved 13 February 2020.
  6. ^ a b "Littoral Combat Ship USS Kansas City Joins Fleet" (Press release). United States Navy. 20 June 2020. NNS200620-01. Retrieved 20 June 2020.
  7. ^ "Secretary of the Navy Names Littoral Combat Ship" (Press release). U.S. Department of Defense. 20 July 2015. NR-288-15. Retrieved 11 September 2016.
  8. ^ a b c d "US Navy Fact File: Littoral Combat Ship Class – LCS". US Navy. Retrieved 30 October 2015.
  9. ^ Special from Navy Office of Information (29 December 2010). "Littoral Combat Ship Contract Award Announced" (Press release). Navy News Service. NNS101229-09. Retrieved 30 October 2015.
  10. ^ Osborn, Kris (27 June 2014). "Navy Engineers LCS Changes". www.dodbuzz.com. Monster. Retrieved 12 July 2014.
  11. ^ "LCS Squadron 1". public.navy.mil. Retrieved 25 February 2018.


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