 USS Minneapolis-St Paul, on trials in Lake Michigan. | |
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| Name: | Minneapolis-Saint Paul |
| Namesake: | MinneapolisāSaint Paul |
| Awarded: | 29 December 2010[1] |
| Builder: | Marinette Marine[1] |
| Laid down: | 22 February 2018[2] |
| Launched: | 15 June 2019[3] |
| Sponsored by: | Jodi J. Greene |
| Christened: | 15 June 2019 |
| Acquired: | 18 November 2021[4] |
| Commissioned: | 21 May 2022[5] |
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| Status: | Active |
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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: | 387 ft (118 m) |
| Beam: | 58 ft (18 m) |
| Draft: | 13 ft (4.0 m) |
| Propulsion: | 2 Rolls-Royce MT30 36 MW gas turbines, 2 Colt-Pielstick diesel engines, 4 Rolls-Royce waterjets |
| Speed: | 45 knots (83 km/h; 52 mph) (sea state 3) |
| Range: | 3,500 nmi (6,500 km; 4,000 mi) at 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph)[7] |
| Endurance: | 21 days (504 hours) |
| Boats & landing craft carried: | 11 m RHIB, 40 ft (12 m) high-speed boats |
| Complement: | 35-50 core crew, 75 mission crew (Rotating crews) |
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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 Minneapolis-Saint Paul (LCS-21) is a Freedom-class littoral combat ship of the United States Navy.[8] She is the second ship in naval service named after Minnesota's Twin Cities.[8][9]
Design[]
In 2002, the US 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] Minneapolis-Saint Paul is the eleventh Freedom-class littoral combat ship to be built.
Construction and career[]
On 29 December 2010, Marinette Marine was awarded the contract to build the ship in Marinette, Wisconsin.[1][12]
The ship was christened at the Marinette shipyard in 2019. The commissioning ceremony was expected to take place in the spring of 2021 before a problem with the propulsion system was discovered.[13] On 15 June 2021, Minneapolis-St. Paul was launched in Marinette. The propulsion system was fixed in November 2021.[14] The Navy commissioned the ship on 21 May 2022 in Duluth, Minnesota under the command of Commander Alfonza White.[5][15]
In September 2022, the ship was involved in a collision with Danmark, a 252-foot full-rigged ship. Danmark was being towed by a tugboat when she collided with the stationary Minneapolis-Saint Paul. No injuries were reported.[16]
References[]
- ā 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Minneapolis-Saint Paul (LCS-21)". http://www.nvr.navy.mil/NVRSHIPS/DETAILS/LCS-21.HTM.
- ā "Team Freedom Lays Keel on Nation's 21st Littoral Combat Ship". Lockheed Martin. 22 February 2018. https://news.lockheedmartin.com/2018-02-22-Team-Freedom-Lays-Keel-on-Nations-21st-Littoral-Combat-Ship.
- ā "Littoral Combat Ship 21 (Minneapolis-Saint Paul) Christened And Launched". Lockheed Martin. 15 June 2019. https://news.lockheedmartin.com/2019-06-15-Littoral-Combat-Ship-21-Minneapolis-Saint-Paul-Christened-and-Launched.
- ā "Navy Accepts Delivery of Future USS Minneapolis-Saint Paul (LCS 21)". United States Navy. 18 November 2021. https://www.navy.mil/Press-Office/News-Stories/Article/2847992/navy-accepts-delivery-of-future-uss-minneapolis-saint-paul-lcs-21/.
- ā 5.0 5.1 "USS Minneapolis-Saint Paul (LCS 21) Commissions". United States Navy. 21 May 2022. https://www.navy.mil/Press-Office/News-Stories/Article/3039620/uss-minneapolis-saint-paul-lcs-21-commissions/.
- ā "LCS Littoral Combat Ship". http://peoships.crane.navy.mil/lcs/factsheet.htm.
- ā 8.0 8.1 "Navy Names Littoral Combat Ship". U.S. Department of Defense. 3 September 2015. https://www.defense.gov/News/Releases/Release/Article/616149/navy-names-littoral-combat-ship/.
- ā "Next LCS will be the USS Minneapolis/St. Paul". WLUK FOX 11. 3 September 2015. http://fox11online.com/news/local/northwoods/next-lcs-will-be-the-uss-minneapolisst-paul.
- 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 "U.S. Navy Fact File: Littoral Combat Ships". U.S. Navy. http://www.navy.mil/navydata/fact_display.asp?cid=4200&tid=1650&ct=4.
- ā The Associated Press (2021-02-03). "Navy postpones USS Minneapolis-St. Paul commissioning after design defect discovered". Defense News. https://www.navytimes.com/news/your-navy/2021/02/03/navy-postpones-uss-minneapolis-st-paul-commissioning-after-design-defect-discovered/.
- ā "CNO: First Combining Gear Fix Completed on Freedom-Class LCS Minneapolis-Saint Paul". USNI News. 2021-11-17. https://news.usni.org/2021/11/17/cno-first-combining-gear-fix-completed-on-freedom-class-lcs-minneapolis-saint-paul.
- ā "USS Minneapolis-Saint Paul Arrives In Duluth Ahead Of Commissioning" (in en-US). 2022-05-16. https://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2022/05/16/uss-minneapolis-saint-paul-arrives-in-duluth-ahead-of-commissioning/.
- ā Network, MI News (12 September 2022). "Danish Training Ship, The Danmark, Crashed With The USS Minneapolis- St. Paul". Marine Insight. https://www.marineinsight.com/shipping-news/danish-training-ship-the-danmark-crashed-with-the-uss-minneapolis-st-paul/.
- This article includes information collected from the Naval Vessel Register, which, as a U.S. government publication, is in the public domain.
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