USS Tulsa (LCS-16)
Sister ship USS Independence | |
History | |
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Name: | Tulsa |
Namesake: | Tulsa, Oklahoma |
Awarded: | 29 December 2010[1] |
Builder: | Austal USA[1] |
Laid down: | 11 January 2016[1] |
Launched: | 16 March 2017[2] |
Sponsored by: | Kathy Taylor[3] |
Christened: | 11 February 2017[4] |
Acquired: | 30 April 2018[5] |
Homeport: | San Diego, CA |
Identification: | MMSI number: 368926114 |
Status: | Launched |
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 Tulsa (LCS-16) is an Independence-class littoral combat ship of the United States Navy.[1] She is the third ship to be named for Tulsa, second-largest city in the U.S. state of Oklahoma.[6][7]
Tulsa is under construction by Austal USA in Mobile, Alabama.[8] A ceremonial laying of the keel was held at the Austal USA shipyards in Mobile on 11 January 2016.[3] Former Tulsa mayor Kathy Taylor was the ship's sponsor, with a delegation of Tulsa officials including incumbent mayor Dewey F. Bartlett, Jr. also in attendance.[3] Because the ship is being assembled from prefabricated modules, Tulsa was already 60 percent complete at the time of the keel laying.[3]
Tulsa was christened on 11 February 2017[4] and launched on 16 March 2017.[2]
She has been assigned to Littoral Combat Ship Squadron ONE[9]
References
- 1 2 3 4 "Tulsa (LCS-16)". Naval Vessel Register. Retrieved 25 July 2016.
- 1 2 "USS Tulsa begins launch process in Mobile, Alabama". Tulsa World. 16 March 2017. Retrieved 18 March 2017.
- 1 2 3 4 Krehbiel, Randy (11 January 2016). "'Enthusiastic' local delegation takes part in keel laying ceremony for USS Tulsa". Tulsa World. Retrieved 13 January 2016.
- ↑ "Navy Accepts Delivery of Future USS Tulsa (LCS 16)" (Press release). United States Navy. 30 April 2018. NNS180430-20. Retrieved 1 May 2018.
- ↑ "Navy Names Multiple Ships" (Press release). U.S. Department of Defense. 6 June 2013. 415-13. Retrieved 24 June 2015.
- ↑ "Navy: New Combat Ship To Be Named USS Tulsa". News On 6. 6 June 2013. Retrieved 18 January 2015.
- ↑ "Austal hosts keel laying for new Littoral Combat Ship Manchester (LCS 14)" (Press release). Austal USA. 30 June 2015. Retrieved 3 December 2015.
Modules for the future USS Tulsa (LCS 16) and the future USS Charleston (LCS 18) are in the early phases of construction.
- ↑ "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.