USS Wichita (LCS-13)

For other ships with the same name, see USS Wichita.
The Wichita being launched on September 17, 2016
History
United States
Name: Wichita
Namesake: Wichita, Kansas
Awarded: 4 March 2013[1]
Builder: Marinette Marine[1]
Laid down: 9 February 2015[1][2]
Launched: September 17, 2016
Sponsored by: Kate Lehrer
Status: Under construction
General characteristics
Class and type: Freedom-class littoral combat ship
Displacement: 3,500 metric tons (3,900 short tons) full load[3]
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)[4]
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:
Aircraft carried:
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 Wichita (LCS-13) will be a Freedom-class littoral combat ship of the United States Navy.[1] It will be the third ship named after Wichita, the largest city in Kansas.[5] The ceremonial “laying of the keel” was on 9 February 2015, at Marinette, Wisconsin.[2] Sponsored by Kate Lehrer, wife of Wichita native Jim Lehrer, the ship was christened and launched on 17 September 2016.[6][7]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Witchita (LCS-13)". Naval Vessel Register. Retrieved 25 July 2016.
  2. 1 2 "Sparks of Life: Lockheed Martin-Led Team Lays Keel on Nation's Thirteenth Littoral Combat Ship" (Press release). Lockheed Martin. 9 February 2015. Retrieved 11 June 2015.
  3. "Littoral Combat Ship Class – LCS". America's Navy. US Navy. Retrieved 19 April 2015.
  4. "LCS Littoral Combat Ship". Archived from the original on 8 August 2007. Retrieved 2009-03-08.
  5. "Secretary of the Navy Names Multiple Ships" (Press release). U.S. Department of Defense. 12 April 2013. Retrieved 11 June 2015.
  6. "Navy launches new USS Wichita combat ship". greatbendpost.com. 17 September 2016. Retrieved 18 September 2016.
  7. Tanner, Beccy (16 September 2016). "USS Wichita will carry some of city's history". The Wichita Eagle. Retrieved 18 September 2016.

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