USS Cincinnati (LCS-20)
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| Name: | Cincinnati |
| Namesake: | Cincinnati, Ohio |
| Awarded: | 29 December 2010[1] |
| Builder: | Austal USA[1] |
| Laid down: | 10 April 2017[2] |
| Launched: | 22 May 2018 |
| Sponsored by: | Penny Pritzker |
| Christened: | 6 May 2018[3] |
| Status: | Under construction |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Independence-class littoral combat ship |
| Displacement: | 2,307 metric tons light, 3,104 metric tons full, 797 metric tons deadweight |
| Length: | 127.4 m (418 ft) |
| Beam: | 31.6 m (104 ft) |
| Draft: | 14 ft (4.27 m) |
| Propulsion: | 2× gas turbines, 2× diesel, 4× waterjets, retractable Azimuth thruster, 4× diesel generators |
| Speed: | 40 knots (74 km/h; 46 mph)+, 47 knots (54 mph; 87 km/h) sprint |
| Range: | 4,300 nautical miles (8,000 km; 4,900 mi) at 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph)+ |
| Capacity: | 210 tonnes |
| Complement: | 40 core crew (8 officers, 32 enlisted) plus up to 35 mission crew |
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USS Cincinnati (LCS-20) is an Independence-class littoral combat ship of the United States Navy.[1] She is the fifth ship to be named for Cincinnati, Ohio.[4]
Cincinnati is currently being built in Mobile, Alabama by Austal USA.[5] She was christened on May 7, 2018 by former Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker.[6]
She has been assigned to Littoral Combat Ship Squadron ONE.[7]
References
- 1 2 3 "Cincinnati (LCS-20)". Naval Vessel Register. Retrieved 25 July 2016.
- ↑ "Navy Lays Keel of Future USS Cincinnati (LCS 20)" (Press release). United States Navy. 17 April 2017. Retrieved 17 April 2017.
- ↑ "Austal hosts christening for LCS 20" (Press release). Austal. 6 May 2018. Retrieved 6 May 2018.
- ↑ "Secretary of the Navy Names Littoral Combat Ship" (Press release). U.S. Department of Defense. 19 July 2015. Retrieved 20 July 2015.
- ↑ "AUSTAL USA HOSTS KEEL LAYING CEREMONY FOR LCS 18" (Press release). Austal USA. 28 June 2016. Retrieved 11 September 2016.
- ↑ LaPorta, James (May 7, 2018). "Littoral combat ship USS Cincinnati christened by Navy". UPI.
Cincinnati councilman and former member of the U.S. Congress, David Mann, spoke at the christening, and former Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker served as the ship's sponsor. Pritzker broke a bottle of sparkling wine across the bow in keeping with time honored Navy traditions.
- ↑ "LCS Squadron 1". public.navy.mil. Retrieved 25 February 2018.
- This article includes information collected from the Naval Vessel Register, which, as a U.S. government publication, is in the public domain. The entry can be found here.
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