 USS Mobile on 9 January 2020 | |
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| Name: | Mobile |
| Namesake: | Mobile |
| Awarded: | 31 March 2016[1] |
| Builder: | Austal USA[1][2] |
| Laid down: | 14 December 2018[3] |
| Launched: | 11 January 2020 |
| Sponsored by: | Rebecca Byrne |
| Christened: | 7 December 2019[4] |
| Acquired: | 9 December 2020[5] |
| Commissioned: | 22 May 2021[6] |
| Homeport: | San Diego |
| Identification: | Hull number: LCS-26 |
| Motto: | Victory through Perseverance |
| 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: | 40 core crew (8 officers, 32 enlisted) plus up to 35 mission crew |
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USS Mobile (LCS-26) is an Independence-class littoral combat ship of the United States Navy.[1][7] Named for the city of Mobile, Alabama, she is the fifth ship to carry the name.[8][9]
Design[]
In 2002, the United States Navy initiated a program to develop the first of a fleet of littoral combat ships.[10] 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.[10] 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.[10] The initial order of littoral combat ships involved a total of four ships, including two of the Independence-class design.[10] On 29 December 2010, the Navy announced that it was awarding Austal USA a contract to build ten additional Independence-class littoral combat ships.[11][12]
Construction and career[]
Mobile was built in her namesake city by Austal USA.[13][14] The Navy accepted delivery of Mobile on 9 December 2020, during a ceremony held at the Austal USA shipyards. Mobile was commissioned on 22 May 2021.[6][15]
On 7 April 2024, Mobile conducted a joint patrol in the South China Sea with BRP Antonio Luna and BRP Valentin Diaz of the Philippine Navy, HMAS Warramunga of the Royal Australian Navy, and JS Akebono of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force. This marked the first multinational patrol between the nations.[16]
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Mobile (LCS-26)". Naval Vessel Register. http://www.nvr.navy.mil/NVRSHIPS/DETAILS/LCS26.HTM.
- ↑ "Austal Awarded Contract for 26th Littoral Combat Ship". Austal USA. 31 March 2016. http://usa.austal.com/news/LCS-18-KLC.
- ↑ "Navy Lays Keel of Future USS Mobile". United States Navy. 17 December 2018. NNS181217-11. http://www.navy.mil/submit/display.asp?story_id=108125.
- ↑ "The Future USS Mobile (LCS 26) is Christened at Austal USA". Austal USA. 7 December 2019. https://usa.austal.com/news/LCS-26-Christening.
- ↑ "Austal USA Delivers the Future USS Mobile (LCS 26) to the U.S. Navy". Austal USA. 9 December 2020. https://usa.austal.com/news/LCS-26-Delivery.
- ↑ Lauten, Elizabeth (22 September 2016). "U.S. Navy's next Littoral Combat Ship to be named USS Mobile". Alabama Today. http://altoday.com/archives/12497-u-s-navys-next-littoral-combat-ship-named-uss-mobile.
- ↑ "Secretary of the Navy Names Two Littoral Combat Ships". U.S. Department of Defense. 22 September 2016. https://www.defense.gov/News/Releases/Release/Article/952519/secretary-of-the-navy-names-two-littoral-combat-ships/.
- ↑ "Secretary of the Navy Names Two Littoral Combat Ships". U.S. Navy. 22 September 2016. http://www.navy.mil/submit/display.asp?story_id=96797.
- ↑ 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/.
- ↑ "Littoral Combat Ship Manchester (LCS 14) Completes Acceptance Trials". Austal. 15 December 2017. http://usa.austal.com/news/LCS-14-AT.
- ↑ Specker, Lawrence (12 December 2017). "Austal makes first cut on LCS 26, the future USS Mobile". Alabama Media Group. http://www.al.com/news/mobile/index.ssf/2017/12/austal_makes_first_cut_on_lcs.html.
- ↑ "U.S. Navy Commissions Its 26th Littoral Combat Ship USS Mobile". Naval News. 22 May 2021. https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2021/05/u-s-navy-commissions-its-26th-littoral-combat-ship-uss-mobile/.
- ↑ Lariosa, Aaron-Matthew (7 April 2024). "U.S., Japanese and Australian Warships Join Philippine Forces in South China Sea Patrol". USNI News. https://news.usni.org/2024/04/07/u-s-japanese-and-australian-warships-join-philippine-forces-in-south-china-sea-patrol.
- 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.
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