 USS Cooperstown at commissioning | |
| Career (United States) |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | Cooperstown |
| Namesake: | Cooperstown |
| Awarded: | 29 December 2010[1] |
| Builder: | Marinette Marine[1] |
| Laid down: | 14 August 2018[2] |
| Launched: | 19 January 2020[3] |
| Sponsored by: | Alba Tull[3] |
| Christened: | 29 February 2020[3] |
| Acquired: | 20 September 2022[4] |
| Commissioned: | 6 May 2023[5] |
| Homeport: | Naval Station Mayport |
| Motto: | America's Away Team |
| Status: | In active service |
| Badge: |
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| General characteristics | |
| Class & type: | Freedom-class littoral combat ship |
| Length: | 378 ft (115 m) |
| Speed: | >40 knots (74 km/h; 46 mph) |
USS Cooperstown (LCS-23) is a Freedom-class littoral combat ship of the United States Navy. She is the first naval ship named after Cooperstown, New York.[6][7]
Ray Mabus, while Secretary of the Navy, announced the naming of Cooperstown on 25 July 2015 during a ceremony at the Baseball Hall of Fame, which is located in Cooperstown. The announcement was part of the ceremony which was honoring baseball players who served in World War II.[8] Her name honors American military veterans[lower-alpha 1] from multiple conflicts (starting with Morgan Bulkeley, first president of the National League, in the Civil War)[9] who are members of the Baseball Hall of Fame.[7][10]
Design[]
In 2002, the US Navy initiated a program to develop the first of a fleet of littoral combat ships.[11] 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.[11][12] Odd-numbered US 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 Independence-class littoral combat ship from General Dynamics.[11] The initial order of littoral combat ships involved a total of four ships, including two of the Freedom-class design.[11] Cooperstown is the 12th Freedom-class littoral combat ship to be built.
Construction and career[]
Marinette Marine was awarded the contract to build the ship on 29 December 2010,[1] at their shipyard in Marinette, Wisconsin.[13] On 20 November 2019, United States Vice President Mike Pence toured the ship prior to giving a speech at Marinette Marine.[14] Cooperstown was launched on 19 January 2020 and christened on 29 February 2020.[3] She was delivered to the Navy in September 2022.[15] Her home port is Naval Station Mayport in Jacksonville, Florida.[15]
USS Cooperstown saving stranded mariner
During routine operations on 11 March 2023, Cooperstown provided emergency assistance to a sailing vessel that was in distress.[16]
On 6 May 2023, the ship was commissioned in New York City.[5][10]
Notes[]
- ↑ The number of American military veterans who have been inducted to the Baseball Hall of Fame was originally reported as 68.[7] Subsequent reports place the number at 70,[9] as both Gil Hodges and Buck O'Neil, who served in World War II, were elected in 2022 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting.
References[]
- This article includes information collected from the Naval Vessel Register, which, as a U.S. government publication, is in the public domain.
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Cooperstown (LCS-23)". http://www.nvr.navy.mil/NVRSHIPS/DETAILS/LCS23.HTM.
- ↑ "Team Freedom Lays Keel on Nation's 23rd Littoral Combat Ship". Lockheed Martin. 14 August 2018. https://news.lockheedmartin.com/2018-08-14-Team-Freedom-Lays-Keel-on-Nations-23rd-Littoral-Combat-Ship.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 "Littoral Combat Ship 23 (Cooperstown) Christened". Lockheed Martin. 1 March 2020. https://news.lockheedmartin.com/2020-02-29-Littoral-Combat-Ship-23-Cooperstown-Christened.
- ↑ "Navy Accepts Delivery of Future USS Cooperstown (LCS 23)". NAVSEA. 23 September 2022. https://www.navsea.navy.mil/Media/News/SavedNewsModule/Article/3169255/navy-accepts-delivery-of-future-uss-cooperstown-lcs-23/.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "USS Cooperstown is Commissioned in New York". United States Navy. 6 May 2023. https://www.navy.mil/Press-Office/News-Stories/Article/3387224/uss-cooperstown-is-commissioned-in-new-york/.
- ↑ "Navy Names Littoral Combat Ship". U.S. Department of Defense. 26 July 2015. https://www.defense.gov/News/Releases/Release/Article/612809/navy-names-littoral-combat-ship/.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 "Navy Names Littoral Combat Ship USS Cooperstown". 25 July 2015. http://www.baseballhall.org/news/navy-names-littoral-combat-ship-uss-cooperstown.
- ↑ "Navy to commission USS Cooperstown". http://www.coopercrier.com/news/navy-to-commission-uss-cooperstown/article_bcf41ad4-462c-5e98-a307-12c835dc055c.html.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 "USS Cooperstown Mast-Stepping Ceremony". https://baseballhall.org/discover/USS-Cooperstown-Mast-Stepping-Ceremony. Retrieved 13 November 2022.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 "Navy commissions USS Cooperstown; honors war veteran players". Associated Press. 7 May 2023. https://apnews.com/article/navy-ship-cooperstown-baseball-hall-fame-torre-ad63b48c0ab0ad9b269149715a291b84.
- ↑ O'Rourke, Ronald (4 May 2010). "Navy Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) Program: Background, Issues, and Options for Congress". Congressional Research Service. http://www.dodbuzz.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/CRS-LCS-May-2010.pdf.
- ↑ "Start Of Construction on LCS 23 (Cooperstown)". Fincantieri Marinette Marine. 31 July 2017. p. 3. http://www.marinettemarine.com/2017%20Summer%20Newsletter.pdf.
- ↑ Sussman, Rob (20 November 2019). "Pence Touts Jobs in Marinette Speech". WTAQ News Talk. https://wtaq.com/news/articles/2019/nov/20/pence-touts-trump-administrations-jobs-record-in-marinette-speech/959512/.
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 Mongilio, Heather (26 September 2022). "Lockheed Martin Delivers 12th Freedom-Class LCS Cooperstown". https://news.usni.org/2022/09/26/lockheed-martin-delivers-12th-freedom-class-lcs-cooperstown.
- ↑ Junco, Anthony (11 March 2023). "USS Cooperstown Rescues Mariner". https://www.dvidshub.net/news/440204/uss-cooperstown-rescues-mariner.
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