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USS Jackson (LCS-6)

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USS Jackson (LCS-6) underway in the Philippine Sea on 18 October 2021 (211018-N-PL200-0005)
USS Jackson on 18 October 2021
Career (United States)
Name: Jackson
Namesake: Jackson[1]
Awarded: 29 December 2010[2]
Builder: Austal USA[2]
Laid down: 18 October 2012[2]
Launched: 14 December 2013[2]
Sponsored by: Dr. Kate Cochran[1]
Acquired: 11 August 2015[2]
Commissioned: 5 December 2015[1]
Homeport: San Diego[2]
Identification:
Motto:
  • Victoribus Spolia
  • (To The Victors, The Spoils)
    • Status: Active
    Badge: USS Jackson LCS-6 Crest
    General characteristics
    Class & type: Independence-class littoral combat ship
    Displacement: 2,307 metric tons light, 3,104 metric tons full, 797 metric tons deadweight[2]
    Length: 127.4 m (418 ft)[2]
    Beam: 31.6 m (104 ft)[2]
    Draft: 14 ft (4.27 m)[2]
    Propulsion:
    • 2 × General Electric LM2500 gas turbines[3]
    • 4 × waterjets, retractable Azimuth thruster
    • 4 × diesel generators
    Speed: 40+ knots, 47 knots (54 mph; 87 km/h) sprint
    Range: 4,300 nautical miles (8,000 km; 4,900 mi) at 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph)+
    Capacity: 210 tonnes
    Complement: 40 core crew (8 officers, 32 enlisted) plus up to 35 mission crew
    Sensors and
    processing systems:
    • Sea Giraffe 3D Surface/Air RADAR
    • Bridgemaster-E Navigational RADAR
    • AN/KAX-2 EO/IR sensor for GFC
    Electronic warfare
    & decoys:
  • EDO ES-3601 ESM
  • 4 × SRBOC rapid bloom chaff launchers
    • Armament:
  • BAE Systems Mk 110 57 mm gun
  • 4 × .50 cal (12.7 mm) guns (2 aft, 2 forward)
  • Evolved SeaRAM 11 cell missile launcher
  • Mission modules
    • Aircraft carried:
  • 2 × MH-60R/S Seahawks

    • USS Jackson (LCS-6) is an Independence-class littoral combat ship of the United States Navy, and the first ship to be named for Jackson, the capital of Mississippi.[1][4]

    Design[]

    In 2002, the U.S. Navy initiated a program to develop the first of a fleet of littoral combat ships.[5] The Navy initially ordered two trimaran hulled ships from General Dynamics, which became known as the Independence-class littoral combat ships after the first ship of the class, USS Independence.[5] Even-numbered U.S. Navy littoral combat ships are built using the Independence-class trimaran design, while odd-numbered ships are based on a competing design, the conventional monohull Freedom-class littoral combat ship.[5] The initial order of littoral combat ships involved a total of four ships, including two of the Independence-class design.[5] On 29 December 2010, the Navy announced that it was awarding Austal USA a contract to build ten additional Independence-class littoral combat ships.[6][7]

    Jackson is the third Independence-class littoral combat ship to be built. Jackson was built by Austal USA in Mobile, Alabama.[1] Jackson is the second Independence-class ship to carry standard 7 metres (23 ft) long rigid-hulled inflatable boats and improvements in corrosion protection and propulsion over the original Independence (LCS-2) design.[7]

    History[]

    Construction of Jackson began on 1 August 2011 with the first cutting of aluminum at Austal USA's Modular Manufacturing facility in Mobile, Alabama.[8] The name of the ship was announced on 5 October 2011.[9] The ship was launched on 14 December 2013.[2] Jackson was delivered to the Navy on 11 August 2015 and placed into service that day.[2] The ship was commissioned in a 5 December 2015 ceremony at Gulfport, Mississippi.[1][10] She has been assigned to Littoral Combat Ship Squadron One[11]

    Jackson underwent the first of three shock trials[12] in waters off Florida on 16 June 2016, and the last being reported having been completed the week prior to 20 July 2016.[13] A charge of 10,000 pounds (4,500 kg) was set off at around 100 yards (91 m) with the ship wired with around 260 instruments to record the effects.[14]

    On 23 May 2022, Jackson participated in the 28th Annual CARAT exercise with the Royal Thai Navy as a part of the Combined Task Force (CTF) 72. Jackson is attached to DESRON 7 and the US 7th Fleet. The MQ-8C Fire Scout unmanned helicopter was recently deployed on the ship.[15]

    Jackson is not scheduled to be decommissioned soon.[16]

    References[]

    1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Church, Kathleen (7 December 2015). "USS Jackson (LCS 6) Commissioned". Navy News Service. NNS151207-02. http://www.navy.mil/submit/display.asp?story_id=92306. 
    2. ↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 "USS Jackson (LCS 6)". Naval Vessel Register. http://www.nvr.navy.mil/NVRSHIPS/DETAILS/LCS6.HTM. 
    3. ↑ "GE Marine's LM2500 gas turbines to power USS Jackson (LCS 6)". naval-technology.com. 1 November 2012. http://www.naval-technology.com/news/newsge-marines-lm2500-gas-turbines-to-power-uss-jackson-lcs-6. 
    4. ↑ "Navy Names Littoral Combat Ships Jackson and Montgomery". U.S. Department of Defense. 25 March 2011. 243-11. https://www.defense.gov/releases/release.aspx?releaseid=14364. 
    5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 "US Navy Fact File: Littoral Combat Ship Class – LCS". US Navy. http://www.navy.mil/navydata/fact_display.asp?cid=4200&tid=1650&ct=4. 
    6. ↑ Special from Navy Office of Information (29 December 2010). "Littoral Combat Ship Contract Award Announced". Navy News Service. NNS101229-09. http://www.navy.mil/submit/display.asp?story_id=57917. 
    7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Osborn, Kris (27 June 2014). "Navy Engineers LCS Changes". Monster. http://www.dodbuzz.com/2014/06/27/navy-engineers-lcs-changes/. 
    8. ↑ "Building of LCS moves forward". UPI. 5 August 2011. http://www.upi.com/Business_News/Security-Industry/2011/08/05/Building-of-LCS-moves-forward/UPI-96211312558818/. 
    9. ↑ "U.S. Navy Christens Independence-Class Littoral Combat Ship USS Jackson". Shipbuilding Tribune. 6 October 2011. http://shipbuildingtribune.com/2011/10/06/u-s-navy-christens-independence-class-littoral-combat-ship-uss-jackson/. 
    10. ↑ "Littoral combat ship USS Jackson commissioned in Gulfport" (in en). USA Today Network. http://www.clarionledger.com/story/news/2015/12/05/littoral-combat-ship-uss-jackson-commissioned-gulfport/76840110/. 
    11. ↑ "LCS Squadron 1". public.navy.mil.. http://www.public.navy.mil/surfor/lcsron1/Pages/default.aspx. 
    12. ↑ "Simulated Ship Shock Tests/Trials". Institute for Defense Analyses. 
    13. ↑ Ziezulewicz, Geoff (20 July 2016). "USS Jackson completes full ship shock trials". http://www.upi.com/Business_News/Security-Industry/2016/07/20/USS-Jackson-completes-full-ship-shock-trials/4851469024803/. 
    14. ↑ LCS Survives First Shock Test, Preps For More, Christopher P. Cavas, Defense News, 17 June 2016, accessed 20 June 2016
    15. ↑ Bahtić, Fatima (26 May 2022). "US Navy and Royal Thai Navy conduct CARAT exercise". Navaltoday.com. https://www.navaltoday.com/2022/05/26/us-navy-and-royal-thai-navy-conduct-carat-exercise/. 
    16. ↑ Mongilio, Heather (2023-09-27). "Navy to Decommission Littoral Combat Ships USS Little Rock, USS Detroit This Week". USNI News. https://news.usni.org/2023/09/27/navy-to-decommission-littoral-combat-ships-uss-little-rock-uss-detroit-this-week. 
    • 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.

    External links[]

    Freedom class
    Independence class


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