USS Oakland (LCS-24)

Sister ship USS Independence
History
United States of America
Name: Oakland
Namesake: City of Oakland
Awarded: 29 December 2010[1]
Builder: Austal USA[1]
Laid down: 20 July 2018
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
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
  • SRBOC rapid bloom chaff launchers
Armament:
Aircraft carried:

USS Oakland (LCS-24) will be an Independence-class littoral combat ship of the United States Navy.[1] She will be the third ship to be named Oakland.[2][3]

Oakland is currently being built in Mobile, Alabama by Austal USA.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Oakland (LCS-24)". Naval Vessel Register. Retrieved 25 July 2016.
  2. "Secretary of the Navy Names Littoral Combat Ship" (Press release). U.S. Department of Defense. 20 August 2015. Retrieved 20 August 2015.
  3. Myers, Meghann (19 August 2015). "SECNAV dubs next littoral combat ship Oakland". NavyTimes. Retrieved 19 August 2015.
  4. "Austal USA Christens Charleston (LCS 18)" (Press release). Austal. 26 August 2017. Retrieved 5 September 2017.
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