USS Jackson (LCS-6)
_moors_at_Naval_Station_Guantanamo_Bay_on_4_September_2016.JPG) USS Jackson in September 2016.
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| History | |
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 United States | |
| Name | USS Jackson |
| Namesake | Jackson, Mississippi[1] |
| Awarded | 29 December 2010[2] |
| Builder | Austal USA[2] |
| Laid down | 18 October 2012[2] |
| Launched | 14 December 2013[2] |
| Sponsored by | Dr. Kate Cochran[1] |
| Acquired | 11 August 2015[2] |
| Commissioned | 5 December 2015[1] |
| Homeport | San Diego, California[2] |
| Status | in active service |
| Badge |  |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Template:Sclass- |
| Displacement | 2,307 metric tons light, 3,104 metric tons full, 797 metric tons deadweight[2] |
| Length | 127.4 m (418 ft)[2] |
| Beam | 31.6 m (104 ft)[2] |
| Draft | 14 ft (4.27 m)[2] |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 40+ knots, 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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| Electronic warfare & decoys | |
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USS Jackson (LCS-6) is an Template:Sclass- of the United States Navy. She is the first ship to be named for Jackson, the capital of Mississippi.[1][4]
Construction began on 1 August 2011 with the first cutting of aluminum at Austal USA's Modular Manufacturing facility in Mobile, Alabama.[5] The name of the ship was announced on 5 October 2011.[6] The ship was launched on 14 December 2013.[2] Jackson was delivered to the Navy on 11 August 2015 and placed into service that day.[2]
The ship was commissioned in a 5 December 2015 ceremony in Gulfport, Mississippi.[1][7]
Jackson underwent the first of three shock trials[8] in waters off Florida on 16 June 2016, and the last being reported having been completed the week prior to 20 July 2016.[9] A charge of 10,000 pounds (4,500 kg) was set off at around 100 yards (91 m) with the ship wired with around 260 instruments to record the effects.[10]
References
- ^ a b c d e Church, Kathleen (7 December 2015). "USS Jackson (LCS 6) Commissioned" (Press release). Navy News Service. NNS151207-02. Retrieved 10 December 2015.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "USS Jackson (LCS 6)". Naval Vessel Register. Retrieved 25 July 2016.
- ^ "GE Marine's LM2500 gas turbines to power USS Jackson (LCS 6)". naval-technology.com. 1 November 2012. Retrieved 16 May 2015.
- ^ "Navy Names Littoral Combat Ships Jackson and Montgomery" (Press release). U.S. Department of Defense. 25 March 2011. 243-11. Retrieved 16 May 2015.
- ^ "Building of LCS moves forward". UPI. 5 August 2011. Retrieved 16 May 2015.
- ^ "U.S. Navy Christens Independence-Class Littoral Combat Ship USS Jackson". Shipbuilding Tribune. 6 October 2011. Archived from the original on 8 October 2011. Retrieved 8 October 2011.
- ^ "Littoral combat ship USS Jackson commissioned in Gulfport". The Clarion Ledger. USA Today Network. Retrieved 6 December 2015.
- ^ "Simulated Ship Shock Tests/Trials". Institute for Defense Analyses. Retrieved 7 September 2016.
- ^ Ziezulewicz, Geoff (20 July 2016). "USS Jackson completes full ship shock trials". United Press International. Retrieved 7 September 2016.
- ^ LCS Survives First Shock Test, Preps For More, Christopher P. Cavas, Defense News, 17 June 2016, accessed 20 June 2016
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.
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