USS Sioux City
_artist_depiction.jpg) Graphical depiction of USS Sioux City (LCS-11)
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| History | |
|---|---|
 United States | |
| Name | Sioux City |
| Namesake | Sioux City, Iowa |
| Awarded | 16 March 2012[1] |
| Builder | Marinette Marine[1] |
| Laid down | 19 February 2014[1][2] |
| Launched | 30 January 2016[1] |
| Sponsored by | Mary Winnefield |
| Acquired | 22 August 2018[3] |
| Identification | MMSI number: 369970968 |
| Status | Delivered to Navy |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Template:Sclass- |
| Displacement | 3,500 metric tons (3,900 short tons) full load[4] |
| Length | 378.3 ft (115.3 m) |
| Beam | 57.4 ft (17.5 m) |
| Draft | 13 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)[5]1,500 nmi (2,800 km) at 50 knots (58 mph; 93 km/h), 4,300 nmi (8,000 km) at 20 knots (23 mph; 37 km/h) --> |
| 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 | |
| Notes | Electrical power is provided by 4 Isotta Fraschini V1708 diesel engines with Hitzinger generator units rated at 800 kW each. |
USS Sioux City (LCS-11) is a Template:Sclass- littoral combat ship of the United States Navy.[1] It is the first ship named after Sioux City, the fourth-largest city in Iowa.[6][7] The ceremonial “laying of the keel” was on 19 February 2014, at Marinette, Wisconsin.[2] The ship was constructed by Fincantieri Marinette Marine and launched on 30 January 2016 after being christened by its sponsor, Mrs. Mary Winnefield.[8] Sioux City was acquired by the US Navy from Lockheed Martin and the Marinette Marine shipyard on 22 August 2018 along with USS Wichita (LCS-13) in a double delivery.[3] The ship will be commissioned at the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland on 17 November 2018,[9] after which the ship will be assigned to the Fifth Fleet in the Persian Gulf.[10] She is assigned to Littoral Combat Ship Squadron TWO.
References
- ^ a b c d e "Sioux City (LCS-11)". Naval Vessel Register. Retrieved 25 July 2016.
- ^ a b "Lockheed Martin-Led Team Lays Keel on Nation's Eleventh Littoral Combat Ship" (Press release). Lockheed Martin. 19 February 2014. Retrieved 30 June 2015.
- ^ a b "Navy Accepts Delivery of Future USS Sioux City and USS Wichita" (Press release). United States Navy. 23 August 2018. NNS180823-09. Retrieved 23 August 2018.
- ^ "US Navy Fact File: LITTORAL COMBAT SHIP CLASS – LCS". Retrieved 17 June 2012.
- ^ "Navy Names Five New Ships" (Press release). U.S. Department of Defense. 15 February 2012. 109-12. Retrieved 28 June 2015.
- ^ Hayworth, Bret (15 February 2012). "U.S. Navy Names New Ship USS Sioux City". Sioux City Journal. Retrieved 19 April 2015.
- ^ "Lockheed Martin-Led Team Launches Future USS Sioux City" (Press release). Lockheed Martin. 30 January 2016. Retrieved 31 January 2016.
- ^ "Navy Announces Commissioning Date for USS Sioux City". USS Sioux City (LCS 11) Commissioning Committee. 23 August 2018. Retrieved 20 September 2018.
- ^ "Sioux City commissioning". capitalgazette.com. 15 November 2017. Retrieved 19 January 2018.
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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