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USS Savannah (LCS-28)

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USS Savannah (LCS-28) at Key West, Florida (USA), on 9 February 2022 (220209-N-IW125-1091)
Savannah on 9 February 2022
Career (United States)
Name: Savannah
Namesake: Savannah
Awarded: 23 June 2017[1]
Builder: Austal USA[1]
Laid down: 20 September 2019[2]
Launched: 3 September 2020
Sponsored by: Dianne Isakson
Christened: 29 August 2020[3]
Acquired: 25 June 2021[4]
Commissioned: 5 February 2022[5]
Homeport: San Diego
Identification: Hull number: LCS-28
Motto: Not for Self, but for Others[6]
Status: Active
Badge: USS Savannah Coat of Arms
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 Savannah (LCS-28) is an Independence-class littoral combat ship of the United States Navy.[1][7] She is the sixth ship to be named Savannah.[7]

    Design[]

    In 2002, the United States Navy initiated a program to develop the first of a fleet of littoral combat ships.[8] 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.[8] 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.[8] The initial order of littoral combat ships involved a total of four ships, including two of the Independence-class design.[8] On 29 December 2010, the Navy announced that it was awarding Austal USA a contract to build ten additional Independence-class littoral combat ships.[9][10]

    Construction and career[]

    Savannah was built in Mobile, Alabama by Austal USA.[11] Austal delivered Savannah to the Navy, in Mobile on 28 June 2021.[12] Savannah was commissioned on 5 February 2022 in Brunswick, Georgia[5] before sailing to her new home port in San Diego, California.[5][13]

    References[]

    1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Savannah (LCS-28)". Naval Vessel Register. http://www.nvr.navy.mil/NVRSHIPS/DETAILS/LCS28.HTM. 
    2. ↑ "Navy Lays Keel of Future USS Savannah (LCS 28)". United States Navy. 20 September 2019. NNS190920-08. https://www.navy.mil/submit/display.asp?story_id=110950. 
    3. ↑ "The Future USS Savannah (LCS 28) is Christened at Austal USA". Austal USA. 29 August 2020. https://usa.austal.com/news/LCS-28-Christening. 
    4. ↑ "Austal USA delivers the future USS Savannah (LCS 28) to the U.S. Navy". Austal USA. 25 June 2021. https://usa.austal.com/news/LCS-28-Delivery. 
    5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 "Navy Commissions Littoral Combat Ship USS Savannah (LCS 28)". United States Navy. 5 February 2022. https://www.navy.mil/Press-Office/News-Stories/Article/2924802/navy-commissions-littoral-combat-ship-uss-savannah-lcs-28/. 
    6. ↑ "USS Savannah (LCS 28)". U.S. Army. 4 February 2021. https://tioh.army.mil/Catalog/Heraldry.aspx?HeraldryId=19063&CategoryId=10895&grp=5&menu=Uniformed%20Services. 
    7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 "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. 
    8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 "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. 
    9. ↑ 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. 
    10. ↑ Osborn, Kris (27 June 2014). "Navy Engineers LCS Changes". Monster. http://www.dodbuzz.com/2014/06/27/navy-engineers-lcs-changes/. 
    11. ↑ "Littoral Combat Ship Charleston (LCS 18) Completes Acceptance Trails". Austal USA. 3 August 2018. http://usa.austal.com/news/LCS-18-AT. "...construction on Savannah (LCS 28) commenced mid-July." 
    12. ↑ White, Ryan (30 June 2021). "Littoral combat ship USS Savannah delivered to U.S. Navy - Naval Post" (in en-US). https://navalpost.com/littoral-combat-ship-uss-savannah-delivered-to-u-s-navy/. 
    13. ↑ Burkhart, Richard. "Newly commissioned by the U.S. Navy, USS Savannah sails out of Port of Brunswick for San Diego" (in en-US). https://www.savannahnow.com/story/news/2022/02/07/uss-savannah-sails-out-port-brunswick-after-us-navy-commission/6693426001/. 
    • 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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