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{{short description|Freedom-class littoral combat ship of the United States Navy}}
{{Other ships|USS St. Louis}}
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| Ship image = USS St. Louis (LCS-19) on her commissioning ceremony.jpg
| Ship caption = USS ''St. Louis'' during her commissioning ceremony on 8 August 2020
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| Ship country = {{nowrap|United States}}
| Ship flag = {{USN flag}}
| Ship name = ''St. Louis''
| Ship namesake = [[St. Louis, MO|St. Louis]]
| Ship awarded = 29 December 2010<ref name="NVR St Louis">{{cite web | url={{Naval Vessel Register URL|id=LCS19}} | title=St. Louis (LCS-19) | publisher=[[Naval Vessel Register]] | access-date=25 July 2016}}</ref>
| Ship builder = [[Marinette Marine]]<ref name="NVR St Louis" />
| Ship laid down = 17 May 2017<ref>{{cite press release|url=http://news.lockheedmartin.com/2017-05-17-Lockheed-Martin-Led-Team-Lays-Keel-on-19th-Littoral-Combat-Ship|title=Lockheed Martin-Led Team Lays Keel on 19th Littoral Combat Ship|publisher=Lockheed Martin|date=17 May 2017|access-date=17 May 2017}}</ref>
| Ship launched = 15 December 2018<ref name="St. Louis launched christened">{{cite press release|url=https://news.lockheedmartin.com/2018-12-15-Littoral-Combat-Ship-19-St-Louis-Christened-and-Launched|title=Littoral Combat Ship 19 (St. Louis) Christened And Launched|publisher=Lockheed Martin|date=15 December 2018|access-date=15 December 2018}}</ref>
| Ship sponsor = Barbara Broadhurst Taylor
| Ship christened = 15 December 2018<ref name="St. Louis launched christened"/>
| Ship acquired = 6 February 2020<ref>{{cite press release|url=https://www.navy.mil/submit/display.asp?story_id=112045|title=Navy Accepts Delivery of Future USS St. Louis (LCS 19)|publisher=United States Navy|id=NNS200207-13|date=7 February 2020|access-date=7 February 2020}}</ref>
| Ship commissioned = 8 August 2020<ref>{{cite press release|url=http://www.navy.mil/Press-Office/News-Stories/display-news/Article/2305979/us-navy-littoral-combat-ship-uss-st-louis-joins-the-fleet|title=U.S. Navy Littoral Combat Ship USS St. Louis Joins the Fleet|publisher=United States Navy|date=8 August 2020|access-date=8 August 2020}}</ref>
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| Ship identification = *{{MMSI|368926297}}
*[[Hull number]]: LCS-19
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| Ship status = Active
| Ship motto = ''Gateway to Freedom''
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| Ship badge = [[File:USS St. Louis (LCS-19) Crest.png|150px]]
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| Ship class = {{sclass|Freedom|littoral combat ship}}
| Ship displacement = {{convert|3500|MT|ST}} full load<ref name="NavyLCSclass">{{cite web | url=http://www.public.navy.mil/surfor/pages/LittoralCombatShips.aspx#.VTOL2vzF97E | title=Littoral Combat Ship Class - LCS | publisher=US Navy | access-date=19 April 2015 | website=America's Navy | archive-date=19 April 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150419135723/http://www.public.navy.mil/surfor/pages/LittoralCombatShips.aspx#.VTOL2vzF97E | url-status=dead }}</ref>
| Ship length = {{convert|378.3|ft|m|abbr=on}}
| Ship beam = {{convert|57.4|ft|m|abbr=on}}
| Ship draft = {{convert|13.0|ft|m|abbr=on}}
| Ship propulsion = 2 [[Rolls-Royce plc|Rolls-Royce]] [[Rolls-Royce Marine Trent|MT30]] 36 MW [[gas turbine]]s, 2 [[Colt-Pielstick]] [[diesel engine]]s, 4 Rolls-Royce waterjets
| Ship speed = {{convert|45|kn|mph km/h}} ([[sea state]] 3)
| Ship range = {{convert|3500|nmi|km|-2|abbr=on}} at {{convert|18|kn|mph km/h}}<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.militaryfactory.com/ships/detail.asp?ship_id=USS-Freedom-LCS1 | title=Freedom Class LCS Littoral Combat Ship | access-date=18 June 2015}}</ref><!-- take out unsourced data {{convert|1500|nmi|km|-2|abbr=on}} at {{convert|50|kn|mph km/h}}, {{convert|4300|nmi|km|-2|abbr=on}} at {{convert|20|kn|mph km/h}} -->
| Ship endurance = 21 days (336 hours)
| Ship complement = 15 to 50 core crew, 75 mission crew (Blue and Gold crews)
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| Ship armament = *[[BAE Systems Land and Armaments|BAE Systems]] [[Mk 110 57 mm gun]]
*[[RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missile]]s
*Honeywell [[Mk 50 Torpedo]]
*[[NETFIRES]] [[Non-Line-of-Sight Launch System|PAM]] missile in the ASuW module
*2 [[M2 Browning|.50 cal (12.7 mm)]] guns
*can be fitted with up to 4 [[Mk44 Bushmaster II|Bushmaster 30mm]] guns
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| Ship aircraft = *2 [[SH-60 Seahawk|MH-60R/S Seahawk]]s
*[[MQ-8 Fire Scout]]
| Ship boats = 11 m RHIB, {{convert|40|ft|m|0|abbr=on}} high-speed boats
| Ship aircraft facilities = Flight Deck, Hangar Bay
| Ship notes = Electrical power is provided by 4 [[Isotta-Fraschini|Isotta Fraschini]] V1708 diesel engines with Hitzinger generator units rated at 800 kW each.
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'''USS ''St. Louis'' (LCS-19)''' is a {{sclass|Freedom|littoral combat ship|0}} [[littoral combat ship]] of the [[United States Navy]]. She is the seventh ship in naval service named after [[St. Louis, Missouri|St. Louis]], [[Missouri]].<ref>{{cite press release | url=http://www.public.navy.mil/surfor/lcsron1/Pages/navy-names-littoral-combat-ship.aspx#.VXs6BPlVhBc | title=Navy Names Littoral Combat Ship | publisher=U.S. Navy | date=20 April 2015 | access-date=11 June 2015}}</ref>

== Design ==
{{stack|[[File:Aerial view of USS St. Louis (LCS-19) before its christening at Marinette Marine, Wisconsin (USA), on 15 December 2018 (181215-N-N0101-115).JPG|thumb|Aerial view]]}}
In 2002, the US Navy initiated a program to develop the first of a fleet of [[Littoral combat ship|littoral combat ships]].<ref name="NavyBG">{{cite web|title=US Navy Fact File: Littoral Combat Ship Class – LCS|url=http://www.navy.mil/navydata/fact_display.asp?cid=4200&tid=1650&ct=4|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150302070526/http://www.navy.mil/navydata/fact_display.asp?cid=4200&tid=1650&ct=4|archive-date=2 March 2015|access-date=30 October 2015|publisher=US Navy}}</ref> The Navy initially ordered two monohull ships from [[Lockheed Martin]], which became known as the ''Freedom''-class littoral combat ships after the first ship of the class, {{USS|Freedom|LCS-1|6}}.<ref name="NavyBG" /><ref name="CRS LCS Report">{{cite web|last=O'Rourke|first=Ronald|date=4 May 2010|title=Navy Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) Program: Background, Issues, and Options for Congress|url=http://www.dodbuzz.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/CRS-LCS-May-2010.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923231642/http://www.dodbuzz.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/CRS-LCS-May-2010.pdf|archive-date=23 September 2015|access-date=30 December 2014|publisher=Congressional Research Service}}</ref> Odd-numbered U.S. Navy littoral combat ships are built using the ''Freedom''-class monohull design, while even-numbered ships are based on a competing design, the [[trimaran]] hull {{sclass|Independence|littoral combat ship|2}} from [[General Dynamics]].<ref name="NavyBG" /> The initial order of littoral combat ships involved a total of four ships, including two of the ''Freedom''-class design.<ref name="NavyBG" />  ''St. Louis'' is the tenth ''Freedom''-class littoral combat ship to be built.

== Construction and career ==
''St. Louis'' was built in [[Marinette, Wisconsin]] by [[Marinette Marine]].<ref>{{cite web|title=U.S. Navy Fact File: Littoral Combat Ships|url=http://www.navy.mil/navydata/fact_display.asp?cid=4200&tid=1650&ct=4|publisher=U.S. Navy|access-date=25 November 2016}}</ref> The ship was [[Ship christening|christened]] and launched on 15 December 2018.<ref name="St. Louis launched christened"/> She was commissioned on 8 August 2020 and is assigned to [[Littoral Combat Ship Squadron Two]].

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