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USS Kingsville

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USS Kingsville Commissioning
Commissioning of USS Kingsville at the Port of Corpus Christi in Texas.
Career (United States)
Name: Kingsville
Namesake: Kingsville
Awarded: 14 December 2018[1]
Builder: Austal USA
Laid down: 23 February 2022[2]
Launched: 23 March 2023[3]
Sponsored by: Katherine L. Kline
Christened: 22 April 2023[4]
Acquired: 1 March 2024[5]
Commissioned: 24 August 2024
Identification: Hull number: LCS-36
Status: In active service
Badge: USS Kingsville CoA
General characteristics
Class & type: Independence-class littoral combat ship
Displacement: 2,307 metric tons light, 3,104 metric tons full, 797 metric tons deadweight
Length: 127.4 m (418 ft)
Beam: 31.6 m (104 ft)
Draft: 14 ft (4.27 m)
Propulsion: 2× gas turbines, 2× diesel, 4× waterjets, retractable Azimuth thruster, 4× diesel generators
Speed: 40 knots (74 km/h; 46 mph)+, 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 Kingsville (LCS-36) is an Independence-class littoral combat ship of the United States Navy.[1][6] She will be the first ship to be named for Kingsville, Texas, which is home to Naval Air Station Kingsville.[6]

    Design[]

    In 2002, the United States Navy initiated a program to develop the first of a fleet of littoral combat ships.[7] The Navy initially ordered two trimaran hulled ships from General Dynamics, which became known as the Independence-class littoral combat ship after the first ship of the class, USS Independence.[7] Even-numbered US 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.[7] The initial order of littoral combat ships involved a total of four ships, including two of the Independence-class design.[7] On 29 December 2010, the Navy announced that it was awarding Austal USA a contract to build ten additional Independence-class littoral combat ships.[8][9] The Kingsville is designed to travel upwards of 45mph, making it one of the fastest vessels in the navy.[10]

    Construction and career[]

    Kingsville was constructed in Mobile, Alabama by Austal USA. The Navy accepted delivery of the vessel on 1 March 2024, with commissioning expected to follow in mid-2024.[5] Homeport will be San Diego, California where it will travel to after being commissioned in Corpus Christi, Texas on August 24, 2024.[10]

    References[]

    1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Kingsville (LCS-36)". Naval Vessel Register. http://www.nvr.navy.mil/NVRSHIPS/DETAILS/LCS36.HTM. 
    2. ↑ "Austal USA hosts keel laying ceremony for future USS Kingsville (LCS 36)". Austal USA. 23 February 2022. https://usa.austal.com/news/austal-usa-hosts-keel-laying-ceremony-future-uss-kingsville-lcs-36. Retrieved 23 February 2022. 
    3. ↑ "Austal USA launches USNS Cody (EPF 14) and Kingsville (LCS 36)". Austal USA. 29 March 2023. https://usa.austal.com/news/ship-launches. 
    4. ↑ "Austal USA christens future USS Kingsville (LCS 36)". Austal USA. 22 April 2023. https://usa.austal.com/news/LCS-36-Christening. 
    5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 "U.S. Navy Accepts Delivery of Future USS Kingsville (LCS 36)". Naval Sea Systems Command. 1 March 2024. https://www.navsea.navy.mil/Media/News/Article-View/Article/3692615/us-navy-accepts-delivery-of-future-uss-kingsville-lcs-36/. 
    6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Secretary of the Navy Names Independence-Variant Littoral Combat Ship USS Kingsville". United States Navy. 4 February 2019. NNS190204-10. https://www.navy.mil/submit/display.asp?story_id=108511. 
    7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 "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. 
    8. ↑ 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. 
    9. ↑ Osborn, Kris (27 June 2014). "Navy Engineers LCS Changes". Monster. http://www.dodbuzz.com/2014/06/27/navy-engineers-lcs-changes/. 
    10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 Robbins, Gary (2024-08-22). "San Diego-bound warship USS Kingsville to be commissioned Saturday" (in en-US). https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2024/08/22/san-diego-bound-warship-uss-kingsville-to-be-commissioned-saturday/. 
    • 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.
    Freedom class
    Independence class


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