USS Billings
_(cropped).jpg) USS Billings conducting trials on Lake Michigan in December 2018
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| History | |
|---|---|
 United States | |
| 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 |
| Badge |  |
| 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) |
| Armament |
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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.
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