 USS Manchester on 5 December 2017 | |
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| Name: | Manchester |
| Namesake: | Manchester |
| Awarded: | 29 December 2010[1] |
| Builder: | Austal USA[1] |
| Laid down: | 29 June 2015[2] |
| Launched: | 12 May 2016[3] |
| Sponsored by: | Jeanne Shaheen[2] |
| Christened: | 7 May 2016[4] |
| Acquired: | 28 February 2018[5] |
| Commissioned: | 26 May 2018[6] |
| Homeport: | San Diego |
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| Status: | Active |
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| 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: | 53 core crew (11 officers, 42 enlisted) plus up to 35 mission crew |
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USS Manchester (LCS-14) is an Independence-class littoral combat ship in the United States Navy. She is the second ship to be named for Manchester, New Hampshire.[7][8]
Design[]
In 2002, the United States Navy initiated a program to develop the first of a fleet of littoral combat ships.[9] 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.[9] 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.[9] The initial order of littoral combat ships involved a total of four ships, including two of the Independence-class design.[9] On 29 December 2010, the Navy announced that it was awarding Austal USA a contract to build ten additional Independence-class littoral combat ships.[10][11]
Construction and career[]
The ship's keel was laid on 29 June 2015, at Mobile, Alabama.[2] The initials of New Hampshire senator Jeanne Shaheen, the ship's sponsor, were welded into the hull of Manchester during the traditional keel laying ceremony. Manchester was christened on 7 May 2016 and she was launched on 12 May 2016.[3][4] Manchester was commissioned on 26 May 2018.[6]
She is assigned to Littoral Combat Ship Squadron One.[12]
From March 2023 to 26 August 2023 a clandestine Wi-Fi network was operated for the benefit of the chiefs mess using a Starlink satellite dish.[13]
Awards[]
- Battle "E" – (2019)
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Manchester (LCS 14)". Naval Vessel Register. http://www.nvr.navy.mil/NVRSHIPS/DETAILS/LCS14.HTM.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Austal hosts keel laying for new Littoral Combat Ship Manchester (LCS 14)". Austal USA. 29 June 2015. http://www.austal.com/news/austal-hosts-keel-laying-new-littoral-combat-ship-manchester-lcs-14.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Austal launches USS Manchester (LCS 14) at Alabama shipyard". Alabama Department of Commerce. 12 May 2016. http://www.madeinalabama.com/2016/05/austal-launches-uss-manchester/.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "USS Manchester Christened in Alabama". Military.com. 7 May 2016. http://www.military.com/daily-news/2016/05/07/uss-manchester-be-christened-alabama.html.
- ↑ "Navy Accepts Delivery of Future USS Manchester (LCS 14)". United States Navy. 1 March 2018. NNS180301-18. http://www.navy.mil/submit/display.asp?story_id=104550.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 "USS Manchester Commissioned as Navy's Newest Surface Combatant". United States Navy. 30 May 2018. NNS180530-09. http://www.navy.mil/submit/display.asp?story_id=105788.[dead link]Template:Cbignore
- ↑ "Secretary of the Navy Names Multiple Ships". U.S. Department of Defense. 12 April 2013. http://www.defense.gov/Releases/Release.aspx?ReleaseID=15932.
- ↑ "Navy decides to name new combat ship after the city of Manchester, NH". This Week in Raymond. http://thisweekinraymond.com/navy-decides-to-name-new-combat-ship-after-the-city-of-manchester-nh-p1736-105.htm.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Osborn, Kris (27 June 2014). "Navy Engineers LCS Changes". Monster. http://www.dodbuzz.com/2014/06/27/navy-engineers-lcs-changes/.
- ↑ "LCS Squadron 1". public.navy.mil.. http://www.public.navy.mil/surfor/lcsron1/Pages/default.aspx.[dead link]Template:Cbignore
- ↑ Correll, Diana (3 September 2024). "How Navy chiefs conspired to get themselves illegal warship Wi-Fi". https://www.navytimes.com/news/your-navy/2024/09/03/how-navy-chiefs-conspired-to-get-themselves-illegal-warship-wi-fi/.
- 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[]
- Ship's website[dead link]Template:Cbignore
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