USS Charleston (LCS-18)
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| History | |
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 United States | |
| Name | Charleston |
| Namesake | Charleston, South Carolina |
| Awarded | 29 December 2010[1] |
| Builder | Austal USA[1] |
| Laid down | 28 June 2016[1] |
| Sponsored by | Bradley Byrne |
| Status | Under construction |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Template:Sclass- |
| 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 Charleston (LCS-18) will be an Template:Sclass- of the United States Navy.[1] She will be the sixth ship to be named for Charleston, the oldest and second-largest city in the U.S. state of South Carolina.[2]
Charleston is under construction by Austal USA in Mobile, Alabama.[3] A ceremonial laying of the keel was held at the Austal USA shipyards in Mobile on 28 June 2016.[4] The ship's sponsor, U.S. Representative Bradley Byrne, welded his initials into the keel of Charleston as part of the ceremony.[4]
References
- ^ a b c d "Charleston (LCS-18)". Naval Vessel Register. Retrieved 25 July 2016.
- ^ "Navy secretary to visit Charleston Friday for USS Charleston ship-naming". The Post and Courier. 6 January 2015. Retrieved 19 June 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.
- ^ a b "US Navy lays keel for USS Charleston littoral combat ship". NavalToday.com. 28 June 2016. Retrieved 19 July 2016.
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