 USS Detroit on 30 April 2018 | |
| Career (United States) |  |
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| Name: | Detroit |
| Namesake: | Detroit |
| Awarded: | 17 March 2011[1] |
| Builder: | Marinette Marine[1] |
| Laid down: | 8 November 2012[2] |
| Launched: | 18 October 2014[3] |
| Sponsored by: | Mrs. Barbara Levin |
| Christened: | 18 October 2014 |
| Acquired: | 12 August 2016[4] |
| Commissioned: | 22 October 2016[5] |
| Decommissioned: | 29 September 2023 |
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| Motto: | Swift Vigilance |
| Status: | Stricken, Final Disposition Pending[1] |
| Badge: |
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| General characteristics | |
| Class & type: | Freedom-class littoral combat ship |
| Displacement: | 3,500 metric tons (3,900 short tons) full load[6] |
| Length: | 378.3 ft (115.3 m)[1] |
| Beam: | 57.4 ft (17.5 m)[1] |
| Draft: | 13.0 ft (3.7 m)[1] |
| Propulsion: | 2 Rolls-Royce MT30 36 MW gas turbines, 2 Colt-Pielstick diesel engines, 4 Rolls-Royce waterjets |
| Speed: | 40 knots (46 mph; 74 km/h) (sea state 3) |
| Range: | 3,500 nmi (6,500 km) at 18 knots (21 mph; 33 km/h)[7] |
| 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: |
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| Notes: | Electrical power is provided by 4 Isotta Fraschini V1708 diesel engines with Hitzinger generator units rated at 800 kW each. |
USS Detroit (LCS-7) was the fourth Freedom-class littoral combat ship of the United States Navy.[8] She is the sixth ship to be named after the city of Detroit, Michigan.[1][9]
Design[]
In 2002, the U.S. Navy initiated a program to develop the first of a fleet of littoral combat ships.[10] 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.[10][11] 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 Independence-class littoral combat ship from General Dynamics.[10] The initial order of littoral combat ships involved a total of four ships, including two of the Freedom-class design.[10] Detroit is the fourth Freedom-class littoral combat ship to be built.
Detroit includes additional stability improvements over the original Freedom design; the stern transom was lengthened and buoyancy tanks were added to the stern to increase weight service and enhance stability.[12] The ship will also feature automated sensors to allow "conditions-based maintenance" and reduce crew overwork and fatigue issues that Freedom had on her first deployment.[13]
Construction and career[]
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Commissioning of Detroit on 22 October 2016
The ceremonial ālaying of the keelā was in early November 2012 at the Marinette Marine shipyards in Marinette, Wisconsin.[14] The ship was launched on 18 October 2014.[3] The US Navy accepted Detroit into service on 12 August 2016; the ship was commissioned on 22 October 2016.[15][5] She is assigned to Littoral Combat Ship Squadron Two. The ship is sponsored by Mrs. Barbara Levin[3] (Wife of Senator Carl Levin)
On 30 December 2016, Detroit participated in a homeport shift ceremony that took place at Naval Station Mayport. The ship was previously scheduled to be based out of Naval Base San Diego but was reassigned while en route.[16]
On 13 January 2017, Detroit completed her first flight deck evolutions to certify the flight deck for future air operations. The landings and VERTREP were conducted by the "Swamp Foxes" of HSM-74. On 8 March 2017, Detroit fired a vertical-launched AGM-114 Hellfire missile, the first such launch from a littoral combat ship.[17] The Hellfire system is meant to engage small vessels and strike targets on land.
In January 2020, Detroit conducted freedom of navigation and intelligence-gathering operations in the Caribbean Sea.[18]
Detroit, the fourth ship of the Freedom-class, was planned to be inactivated in FY 2022, and to join the Out of Commission in Reserve (OCIR) list, along with three other ships in the class: Freedom, Fort Worth, and Little Rock.[19] However, in the final 2022 budget, Congress blocked the Navy's request to retire the three ships.[20]
On 21 June 2023 Detroit got underway for its final deployment to the 4th fleet AOR to support regional cooperation and security.[21]
On 27 September 2023 Detroit returned to Mayport in preparation to decommission the ship two days later.[22]
On 29 September 2023, Detroit was decommissioned at Mayport.[23][24]
Awards[]
- Battle "E" ā (2019)
References[]
- ā 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 "USS Detroit (LCS-7)". Naval Vessel Register. http://www.nvr.navy.mil/NVRSHIPS/DETAILS/LCS7.HTM.
- ā "Nation's Seventh Littoral Combat Ship Takes Shape as Lockheed Martin Team Lays The Keel". Lockheed Martin. 8 November 2012. http://news.lockheedmartin.com/2012-11-08-Nations-Seventh-Littoral-Combat-Ship-Takes-Shape-as-Lockheed-Martin-Team-Lays-The-Keel.
- ā 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Lockheed Martin-Led Team Launches Future USS Detroit". Lockheed Martin. 18 November 2014. http://news.lockheedmartin.com/2014-10-18-Lockheed-Martin-Led-Team-Launches-Future-USS-Detroit.
- ā "Navy Accepts Delivery of Future USS Detroit (LCS 7)". United States Navy. 15 August 2016. NNS160815-23. http://www.navy.mil/submit/display.asp?story_id=96224.
- ā "LCS Littoral Combat Ship". http://peoships.crane.navy.mil/lcs/factsheet.htm.
- ā "Marinette Marine receives $376M Navy contract". 18 March 2011. http://www.bizjournals.com/milwaukee/news/2011/03/18/marinette-marine-receives-376m-navy.html.
- ā "Announcement of LCS 5 and LCS 7 Names". 18 March 2011. http://www.navy.mil/navydata/people/secnav/Mabus/Speech/lcs5-7.pdf.
- ā 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.
- ā Osborn, Kris (27 June 2014). "Navy Engineers LCS Changes". Monster. http://www.dodbuzz.com/2014/06/27/navy-engineers-lcs-changes/.
- ā Freedberg Jr., Sydney J. (4 April 2014). "Sleepless In Singapore: LCS Is Undermanned & Overworked, Says GAO". Breaking Media, Inc.. http://breakingdefense.com/2014/04/sleepless-in-singapore-lcs-is-undermanned-overworked-says-gao/.
- ā Levin, Carl (9 November 2012). "USS Detroit Is Important to a City and a Nation". http://www.levin.senate.gov/newsroom/in_the_news/article/uss-detroit-is-important-to-a-city-and-a-nation/.
- ā "Navy accepts new Littoral Combat Ship". http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Navy_accepts_new_Littoral_Combat_Ship_999.html.
- ā Daraskevich J (30 December 2016). "Mayport Officials Welcome 2 New Littoral Combat Ships". Florida Times Union. http://jacksonville.com/news/2016-12-30/mayport-officials-welcome-2-new-littoral-combat-ships.[dead link]
- ā Maass, Ryan (8 March 2017). "U.S. Navy test fires surface to surface missile module". http://www.upi.com/Defense-News/2017/03/08/US-Navy-test-fires-surface-to-surface-missile-module/6861489005730/?st_rec=8611489660857.
- ā Woody, Christopher (January 31, 2020). "A US warship sailed along Venezuela's cost to gather intelligence and send a message to Maduro". https://www.businessinsider.com/us-freedom-of-navigation-operation-in-caribbean-off-venezuela-coast-2020-1.
- ā Manaranche, Martin (2021-06-18). "U.S. Navy Issues FY22 Shipbuilding And Decommissioning Totals To Congress" (in en-US). https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2021/06/u-s-navy-issues-fy22-shipbuilding-and-decommissioning-totals-to-congress/.
- ā LaGrone, Sam (10 March 2022). "Last Minute FY 22 $728.5B Defense Bill Funds 13 Navy Ships, 12 F/A-18s; Saves 3 LCS From Decommissioning". https://news.usni.org/2022/03/09/last-minute-fy-22-728-5b-defense-bill-funds-13-navy-ships-12-f-a-18s-saves-3-lcs-from-decommissioning.
- ā "USS Detroit Deploys to Support Regional Cooperation and Security" (in en-US). https://www.navy.mil/Press-Office/News-Stories/Article/3437178/uss-detroit-deploys-to-support-regional-cooperation-and-security/https://www.navy.mil/Press-Office/News-Stories/Article/3437178/uss-detroit-deploys-to-support-regional-cooperation-and-security/.[dead link]Template:Cbignore
- ā "Facebook". https://www.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=684518693699974&id=100064255496966&mibextid=oFDknk.
- ā "Navy to Decommission Littoral Combat Ships USS Little Rock, USS Detroit This Week". 27 September 2023. https://news.usni.org/2023/09/27/navy-to-decommission-littoral-combat-ships-uss-little-rock-uss-detroit-this-week.
- ā "News Release ā USS Detroit (LCS 7) Decommissions". 22 October 2016. https://www.dvidshub.net/news/454732/news-release-uss-detroit-lcs-7-decommissions.
- 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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