USS Billings
![]() USS Billings conducting trials on Lake Michigan in December 2018
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Name | Billings |
Namesake | Billings, Montana |
Awarded | 29 December 2010[3] |
Builder | Marinette Marine[3] |
Laid down | 2 November 2015[3] |
Launched | 1 July 2017[1] |
Sponsored by | Sharla Tester |
Christened | 1 July 2017 |
Acquired | 1 February 2019[2] |
Commissioned | 3 August 2019 |
Identification | MMSI number: 368926295 |
Motto | Big Sky Over Troubled Waters |
Status | In Commission |
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General characteristics | |
Class and type | Template:Sclass- |
Displacement | 3,500 metric tons (3,900 short tons) full load[5] |
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) |
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Aircraft carried | |
Aviation facilities | Flight deck, hangar |
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) is a Template:Sclass- littoral combat ship of the United States Navy.[3] It is the first ship in naval service named after Billings, Montana.[6]
Marinette Marine was awarded the contract to build the ship on 4 March 2013.[3] Construction began on 20 October 2014 and she was launched on 1 July 2017.[7] Once she is commissioned, she will be homeported to Naval Station Mayport, Florida and assigned to Littoral Combat Ship Squadron Two.
In June 2019, Billings visited Cleveland, Ohio.[8]
Billings sustained damage after hitting Rosaire Desgagnes, a bulk cargo ship in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The incident occurred on 24 June 2019. The vessel's starboard bridge wing was damaged as a result of the collision. A full damage assessment is underway.[9]
Billings was officially commissioned in Key West, Florida on August 3, 2019.
References
- ^ "Lockheed Martin-Led Team Launches Future USS Billings" (Press release). Lockheed Martin. 1 July 2017. Retrieved 1 July 2017.
- ^ "Navy Accepts Delivery of Future USS Billings (LCS 15)" (Press release). United States Navy. 5 February 2019. NNS190205-01. Retrieved 5 February 2019.
- ^ a b c d e "Billings (LCS-15)". Naval Vessel Register. Retrieved 25 July 2016.
- ^ "Freedom Class LCS Littoral Combat Ship". Retrieved 18 June 2015.
- ^ "Navy to name combat ship USS Billings". Billings Gazette. 6 June 2013. Retrieved 18 June 2015.
- ^ "Start Of Construction on LCS 15 Billings" (PDF). The Beacon (Holiday 2014). Marinette Marine: 3. 17 December 2014. Retrieved 19 June 2015.
- ^ "Navy combat ship USS Billings stops in Cleveland". Fox 8 News. 10 June 2019.
- ^ Joseph Trevithick (June 25, 2019). "Navy's Newest Littoral Combat Ship Damaged After Smacking Into A Moored Ship In Canada". The War Zone. Retrieved June 29, 2019.
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.