USS Billings

Sister ship USS Freedom (LCS-1)
History
United States
Name:	Billings
Namesake:	Billings, MT
Awarded:	29 December 2010[1]
Builder:	Marinette Marine[1]
Laid down:	2 November 2015[1]
Status:	Under construction
General characteristics
Class and type:	Freedom-class littoral combat ship
Displacement:	3,500 metric tons (3,900 short tons) full load[2]
Length:	378.3 ft (115.3 m)
Beam:	57.4 ft (17.5 m)
Draft:	13.0 ft (4.0 m)
Propulsion:	2 Rolls-Royce MT30 36 MW gas turbines, 2 Colt-Pielstick diesel engines, 4 Rolls-Royce waterjets
Speed:	45 knots (52 mph; 83 km/h) (sea state 3)
Range:	3,500 nmi (6,500 km) at 18 knots (21 mph; 33 km/h)[3]
Endurance:	21 days (336 hours)
Boats & landing craft carried:	11 m RHIB, 40 ft (12 m) high-speed boats
Complement:	15 to 50 core crew, 75 mission crew (Blue and Gold crews)
Armament:	BAE Systems Mk 110 57 mm gun RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missiles Honeywell Mk 50 Torpedo NETFIRES PAM missile in the ASuW module 2 .50-cal guns can be fitted with up to 4 Bushmaster 30mm guns
Aircraft carried:	2 MH-60R/S Seahawks MQ-8 Fire Scout
Aviation facilities:	Flight Deck, Hangar Bay
Notes:	Electrical power is provided by 4 Isotta Fraschini V1708 diesel engines with Hitzinger generator units rated at 800 kW each.

USS Billings (LCS-15) will be a Freedom-class littoral combat ship of the United States Navy.^[1] It will be the first ship in naval service named after Billings, Montana.^[4]

Marinette Marine was awarded the contract to build the ship on March 4, 2013.^[1] Construction began on October 20, 2014, with an expected delivery date of 2017.^[5]

References

1. "Billings (LCS-15)". Naval Vessel Register. Retrieved 25 July 2016.
2. "Littoral Combat Ship Class - LCS". America's Navy. US Navy. Retrieved 19 April 2015.
3. "Freedom Class LCS Littoral Combat Ship". Retrieved 18 June 2015.
4. "Navy to name combat ship USS Billings". Billings Gazette. 6 June 2013. Retrieved 18 June 2015.
5. "Start Of Construction on LCS 15 Billings" (PDF). The Beacon. Marinette Marine (Holiday 2014): 3. 17 December 2014. Retrieved 19 June 2015.

• 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.