 Nantucket after launch | |
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| Name: | Nantucket |
| Namesake: | Nantucket |
| Awarded: | 6 October 2017[1] |
| Builder: | Marinette Marine[1] |
| Laid down: | 9 October 2019[2] |
| Launched: | 7 August 2021[3] |
| Sponsored by: | Polly Spencer |
| Christened: | 7 August 2021 |
| Commissioned: | 16 November 2024 |
| Homeport: | Mayport |
| Identification: | Hull number: LCS-27 |
| Motto: |
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| Status: | In active service |
| Badge: |
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| General characteristics | |
| Class & type: | Freedom-class littoral combat ship |
| Length: | 378 ft (115 m) |
| Speed: | >40 knots (46 mph; 74 km/h) |
USS Nantucket (LCS-27) is a Freedom-class littoral combat ship of the United States Navy.[1][5] She is the third commissioned ship in naval service named after Nantucket.[5]
Design[]
In 2002, the Navy initiated a program to develop the first of a fleet of littoral combat ships.[6] 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.[6][7] 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.[6] The initial order of littoral combat ships involved a total of four ships, including two of the Freedom-class design.[6] Nantucket is the 14th Freedom-class littoral combat ship to be built.
Construction and career[]
Marinette Marine was awarded the contract to build the ship on 6 October 2017.[1]
The ship was christened on 7 August 2021 and launched into the Menominee River.[8] Her sponsor was Polly Spencer, wife of Richard V. Spencer, former Secretary of the Navy.[9]
Nantucket was commissioned on 16 November 2024 at Charlestown Navy Yard in Boston under the command of Commander Angela Eickelmann.[10][11] At the time it was commissioned, the ship's home port was identified as Naval Station Mayport near Jacksonville, Florida.[11]
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Nantucket arriving in Boston for commissioning in November 2024
Sources[]
- 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.
References[]
- ā 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Nantucket (LCS-27)". Naval Vessel Register. http://www.nvr.navy.mil/NVRSHIPS/DETAILS/LCS27.HTM.
- ā "Lockheed Martin-Led Team Begins Construction On Navy's Littoral Combat Ship, The Future USS Nantucket". Lockheed Martin. 9 October 2019. https://news.lockheedmartin.com/2019-10-09-Lockheed-Martin-led-Team-Begins-Construction-on-Navys-Littoral-Combat-Ship-the-future-USS-Nantucket.
- ā "Littoral Combat Ship 27 (USS Nantucket) Christened And Launched". Lockheed Martin. 9 August 2021. https://news.lockheedmartin.com/2021-08-09-Littoral-Combat-Ship-27-USS-Nantucket-Christened-and-Launched.
- ā "USS Nantucket (LCS 27)". U.S. Army. 21 October 2021. https://tioh.army.mil/Catalog/Heraldry.aspx?HeraldryId=19245&CategoryId=10986&grp=5&menu=Uniformed%20Services.
- ā 5.0 5.1 "Secretary of the Navy Names Two Littoral Combat Ships". U.S. Navy. 13 February 2018. NNS180213-13. http://www.navy.mil/submit/display.asp?story_id=104365.
- 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 "Future USS Nantucket christened at Marinette Marine". 9 August 2021. https://www.wbay.com/2021/08/09/future-uss-nantucket-christened-marinette-marine/.
- ā Anderson, Travis (14 August 2021). "USS Nantucket is ready for action". Boston Globe. pp. B3. https://www.newspapers.com/image/755757598/?terms=LCS%20Nantucket&match=1.
- ā "Navy Announces Commissioning Date for the Future USS Nantucket (LCS 27)". U.S. Navy. 12 September 2024. https://www.navy.mil/Press-Office/News-Stories/Article/3903411/navy-announces-commissioning-date-for-the-future-uss-nantucket-lcs-27/.
- ā 11.0 11.1 Lissauer, Talia (November 16, 2024). "New USS Nantucket is ready for active duty after being commissioned in ceremony at Charlestown Navy Yard". https://www.bostonglobe.com/2024/11/16/metro/uss-nantucket-commissioned-charlestown-navy-yard/. Retrieved November 16, 2024.
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