USS Kansas City (LCS-22)
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| History | |
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| Name: | Kansas City |
| Namesake: | Kansas City, Missouri |
| Awarded: | 29 December 2010[1] |
| Builder: | Austal USA[1] |
| Laid down: | 15 November 2017[1] |
| Christened: | 22 September 2018[2] |
| 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 Kansas City (LCS-22) is an Independence-class littoral combat ship of the United States Navy. She is the second ship to be named for Kansas City, the largest city in the U.S. state of Missouri.[3]
Kansas City was built in Mobile, Alabama by Austal USA.[4] The ship was christened on 22 September 2018 in Mobile, Alabama.[5]
References
- 1 2 3 "Kansas City (LCS-22)". Naval Vessel Register. Retrieved 25 July 2016.
- ↑ "Austal USA Celebrates the Christening of Kansas City (LCS 22)" (Press release). Austal USA. 22 September 2018. Retrieved 22 September 2018.
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ "Austal's Litoral Combat Ship 10 Completes Acceptance Trials" (Press release). Austal. 24 November 2016. Retrieved 25 November 2016.
- ↑ Information, This story was written by the Office of the Navy Chief of. "Navy to Christen Littoral Combat Ship Kansas City". Retrieved 2018-09-23.
- 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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