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USS Fort Worth (LCS-3)

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USS Fort Worth (LCS-3)
File:USS Forth Worth (LCS-3).jpg
Fort Worth during acceptance trials on Lake Michigan
Career (US) Flag of the United States
Name: Fort Worth
Namesake: Fort Worth, Texas
Awarded: 23 March 2009[1]
Builder: Marinette Marine[2]
Laid down: 11 July 2009[2]
Launched: 7 December 2010
Sponsored by: Kay Granger[3]
Christened: 4 December 2010[3]
Acquired: 6 June 2012[4]
Commissioned: 22 September 2012
Homeport: Naval Base San Diego[1]
Status: Commissioned
Badge: USS Forth Worth LCS3 Crest
General characteristics
Displacement: 2862 tons (full load)[1]
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: 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]
Endurance: 21 days (504 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)
Armament:
Aircraft carried:
  • 2 MH-60R/S Seahawks
  • MQ-8 Fire Scout
    • Notes: Electrical power is provided by 4 Isotta Fraschini V1708 diesel engines with Hitzinger generator units rated at 800 kW each.

    USS Fort Worth (LCS-3) is a Freedom class littoral combat ship of the United States Navy. She is the first ship to be named after Fort Worth, Texas, the 16th-largest city in the United States.

    Her name was announced 6 March 2009.[6] This was after a long public relations campaign by United States Representative Kay Granger, former Deputy Defense Secretary Gordon R. England, and others.[7] The ship was built by Lockheed-Martin.[8] Her keel was laid on 11 July 2009 during a ceremony at Marinette Marine Shipyard in Marinette, Wisconsin.[9]

    Fort Worth includes additional stability improvements to deal with issues found on USS Freedom (LCS-1).[10] Lockheed Martin announced on 15 June 2010 that the ship was at its halfway point in construction was on schedule to be delivered to the Navy in 2012.[11]

    The 80% completed ship was launched by its contractor on 4 December 2010.[12][13] The vessel underwent sea trials in Lake Michigan during late 2011, with the completion of these trials announced on 24 October 2011. The ship successfully completed its acceptance trials, which also took place on Lake Michigan, on 4 May 2012.[14][15] The inspectors only found ten severe deficiencies during the trials, an "exponential" improvement over Freedom.[16]

    The improvements to the ship include a lengthened hull, which makes her faster than Freedom and ten percent more fuel efficient. Fort Worth was commissioned in Galveston, Texas 22 September 2012.[17]

    References[]

    1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 "Fort Worth". Naval Vessel Register. http://www.nvr.navy.mil/nvrships/details/LCS3.htm. Retrieved 4 December 2010. 
    2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Keel to be Laid for Third Littoral Combat Ship". Navy News Service. 10 July 2009. http://www.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=46874. Retrieved 11 December 2010. 
    3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Department of Defense (1 December 2010). "Navy to Christen Littoral Combat Ship Fort Worth". Navy News Service. http://www.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=57488. Retrieved 2 December 2010. 
    4. ↑ Department of Defense (6 June 2012). "Navy Accepts Delivery of LCS 3". Navy News Service. http://www.navy.mil/submit/display.asp?story_id=67634. Retrieved 16 June 2012. 
    5. ↑ "LCS Littoral Combat Ship". http://peoships.crane.navy.mil/lcs/factsheet.htm. Retrieved 2009-03-08. [dead link]
    6. ↑ "Navy Names Littoral Combat Ship USS Fort Worth". Department of Defense. 6 March 2009. http://www.defenselink.mil/releases/release.aspx?releaseid=12538. Retrieved 8 December 2010. 
    7. ↑ Vaughn, Chris (7 March 2009). "Navy's next warship to be named for Fort Worth". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. http://www.star-telegram.com/804/story/1244289.html. Retrieved 8 March 2009. [dead link]
    8. ↑ Washington Post (24 March 2009). "National Briefing: Lockheed Gets Second Ship Deal" (Newspaper article). Washington Post. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/03/23/AR2009032302912.html. Retrieved 2 December 2010. 
    9. ↑ "Keel Laid for USS Fort Worth (LCS 3)". Marine Link. 13 July 2011. Archived from the original on 24 October 2011. http://www.webcitation.org/62gcmA4sk. Retrieved 25 October 2011. 
    10. ↑ Congressional Research Service RL33741 Navy Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) Program: Background, Issues, and Options for Congress Ronald O'Rourke Specialist in Naval Affairs May 4, 2010
    11. ↑ Military Times, "LCS 3 halfway complete, Lockheed says", 16 June 2010.
    12. ↑ "Marinette Marine Christens USS Fort Worth". WTAQ.com. 5 October 2011. Archived from the original on 24 October 2011. http://www.webcitation.org/62gcX6Qra. Retrieved 25 October 2011. 
    13. ↑ "LCS 3 Fort Worth Will Be Christened and Launched Dec.". Defense Media Network. 2 December 2010. Archived from the original on 24 October 2011. http://www.webcitation.org/62gcQ4FS3. Retrieved 25 October 2011. 
    14. ↑ "USA: Lockheed Martin Completes Sea Trials for Third Littoral Combat Ship". Shipbuilding Tribune. 24 October 2011. Archived from the original on 24 October 2011. http://www.webcitation.org/62gc0X46A. Retrieved 25 October 2011. 
    15. ↑ "USS Fort Worth (LCS 3) Completes Acceptance Trials". Navy News Service. 7 May 2012. http://www.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=67017. Retrieved 16 May 2012. 
    16. ↑ Steele, Jeanette. "Third littoral class ship much improved, Navy says." The San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 August 2012.
    17. ↑ Nishimura, Scott (22 September 2012). "Star-Telegram Article Link:USS Fort Worth commissioned in Galveston". Fort Worth Star Telegram. http://www.star-telegram.com/2012/09/22/4280079/uss-fort-worth-commissioned-in.html. 

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