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USS Sioux City

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USS Sioux City (LCS-11) underway on the Severn River, Maryland (USA), on 13 November 2018 (181113-N-OI810-140)
USS Sioux City underway on the Severn River on 13 November 2018
Career (United States)
Name: Sioux City
Namesake: Sioux City
Awarded: 16 March 2012[1]
Builder: Marinette Marine[1]
Laid down: 19 February 2014[2]
Launched: 30 January 2016[3]
Sponsored by: Mary Winnefeld
Christened: 30 January 2016
Acquired: 22 August 2018[4]
Commissioned: 17 November 2018[5]
Decommissioned: 14 August 2023[6]
Identification:
Motto: Forging a New Frontier
Status: Stricken, Final Disposition Pending[1]
Badge: USS Sioux City (LCS-11) Crest
General characteristics
Class & type: Freedom-class littoral combat ship
Displacement: 3,500 metric tons (3,900 short tons) full load[7]
Length: 378.3 ft (115.3 m)
Beam: 57.4 ft (17.5 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 (52 mph; 83 km/h) (sea state 3)
Range: 3,500 nmi (6,500 km) at 18 knots (21 mph; 33 km/h)[8]1,500 nmi (2,800 km) at 50 knots (58 mph; 93 km/h), 4,300 nmi (8,000 km) at 20 knots (23 mph; 37 km/h)
Endurance: 21 days (336 hours)
Boats & landing
craft carried:		 11 m RHIB, 40 ft (12 m) high-speed boats
Complement: 15 to 50 core crew, 75 mission crew (Blue and Gold crews)
Armament:
Aircraft carried:
  • 2 MH-60R/S Seahawks
  • MQ-8 Fire Scout
    • Notes: Electrical power is provided by 4 Isotta Fraschini V1708 diesel engines with Hitzinger generator units rated at 800 kW each.

    USS Sioux City (LCS-11) was a Freedom-class littoral combat ship of the United States Navy. She is the first ship named after Sioux City, the fourth-largest city in Iowa.[9][10]

    Design[]

    In 2002, the Navy initiated a program to develop the first of a fleet of littoral combat ships.[11] 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.[11][12] Odd-numbered 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.[11] The initial order of littoral combat ships involved a total of four ships, including two of the Freedom-class design.[11] Sioux City was the sixth Freedom-class littoral combat ship to be built.

    Sioux City includes additional stability improvements over the original Freedom design; the stern transom was lengthened and buoyancy tanks were added to the stern to increase weight service and enhance stability.[13] The ship will also feature automated sensors to allow "conditions-based maintenance" and reduce crew overwork and fatigue issues that Freedom had on her first deployment.[14]

    Construction and career[]

    The ceremonial ā€œlaying of the keelā€ was on 19 February 2014, at Marinette, Wisconsin.[2][15] The ship was constructed by Fincantieri Marinette Marine and launched on 30 January 2016 after being christened by her sponsor Mary Winnefield, wife of Admiral James A. Winnefeld Jr., USN.[3][16]

    Sioux City was delivered to the Navy by Lockheed Martin and the Marinette Marine shipyard on 22 August 2018 along with sister ship Wichita in a double delivery.[4] The ship was commissioned at the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland on 17 November 2018,[5] and then assigned to Littoral Combat Ship Squadron Two.

    In September 2020, Sioux City was assigned to the US Southern Command with a United States Coast Guard law enforcement detachment on board to help perform counter-narcotics operations.[17]

    Sioux City leads a joint flotilla through the , June 2022

    Sioux City leads a joint flotilla through the Persian Gulf, June 2022

    In May 2022, Sioux City was assigned to the Sixth Fleet, while she was equipped with a surface warfare module. In late May, Sioux City was re-assigned to the Fifth Fleet and assigned to the Combined Task Force (CTF) 153 in the Red Sea.[18]

    On 2 October 2022, Sioux City arrived at her homeport of Mayport after a five-month deployment, becoming the first LCS to operate in the Baltic Sea, Mediterranean Sea, Red Sea, Gulf of Aden, Northern Arabian Sea, Gulf of Oman, and Persian Gulf.[19]

    On 14 August 2023, Sioux City was decommissioned at Naval Station Mayport with her final Commanding Officer, Commander Michael Gossett, presiding over the ceremony and placed into a Foreign Military Sale (FMS) disposition status.[6]

    Awards[]

    References[]

    1. ā†‘ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Sioux City (LCS-11)". Naval Vessel Register. http://www.nvr.navy.mil/NVRSHIPS/DETAILS/LCS11.HTM. 
    2. ā†‘ 2.0 2.1 "Lockheed Martin-Led Team Lays Keel on Nation's Eleventh Littoral Combat Ship". Lockheed Martin. 19 February 2014. http://www.lockheedmartin.com/us/news/press-releases/2014/february/140213-mst-lockheed-martin-led-team-lays-keel-on-nations-eleventh-littoral-combat-ship.html. 
    3. ā†‘ 3.0 3.1 "Lockheed Martin-Led Team Launches Future USS Sioux City". Lockheed Martin. 30 January 2016. http://www.lockheedmartin.com/us/news/press-releases/2016/january/160130-mst-lockheed-martin-led-team-launches-future-uss-sioux-city-lcs-11.html. 
    4. ā†‘ 4.0 4.1 "Navy Accepts Delivery of Future USS Sioux City and USS Wichita". United States Navy. 23 August 2018. NNS180823-09. http://www.navy.mil/submit/display.asp?story_id=106823. 
    5. ā†‘ 5.0 5.1 "USS Sioux City (LCS 11) is "Brought to Life" at the U.S. Naval Academy". United States Navy. 17 November 2018. https://www.public.navy.mil/surfor/Pages/USS-Sioux-City-is-Brought-to-Life-at-the-US-Naval-Academy.aspx. 
    6. ā†‘ 6.0 6.1 "USS Sioux City (LCS 11) Decommissions". United States Navy. 15 August 2023. https://www.navy.mil/Press-Office/News-Stories/Article/3493606/uss-sioux-city-lcs-11-decommissions/. 
    7. ā†‘ "Littoral Combat Ship Class - LCS". United States Navy. http://www.public.navy.mil/surfor/pages/LittoralCombatShips.aspx. 
    8. ā†‘ "US Navy Fact File: LITTORAL COMBAT SHIP CLASS ā€“ LCS". http://www.navy.mil/navydata/fact_display.asp?cid=4200&tid=1650&ct=4. 
    9. ā†‘ "Navy Names Five New Ships". U.S. Department of Defense. 15 February 2012. 109-12. http://www.defense.gov/releases/release.aspx?releaseid=15065. 
    10. ā†‘ Hayworth, Bret (15 February 2012). "U.S. Navy Names New Ship USS Sioux City". Sioux City Journal. http://www.siouxcityjournal.com/news/local/a1/u-s-navy-names-new-ship-uss-sioux-city/article_816f738c-3b63-5dd4-a3e7-28719732a17e.html. 
    11. ā†‘ 11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3 "US Navy Fact File: Littoral Combat Ship Class ā€“ LCS". US Navy. http://www.navy.mil/navydata/fact_display.asp?cid=4200&tid=1650&ct=4. 
    12. 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. 
    13. ā†‘ Osborn, Kris (27 June 2014). "Navy Engineers LCS Changes". Monster. http://www.dodbuzz.com/2014/06/27/navy-engineers-lcs-changes/. 
    14. ā†‘ Freedberg Jr., Sydney J. (4 April 2014). "Sleepless In Singapore: LCS Is Undermanned & Overworked, Says GAO". Breaking Media, Inc.. http://breakingdefense.com/2014/04/sleepless-in-singapore-lcs-is-undermanned-overworked-says-gao/. 
    15. ā†‘ Petroski, William (1 September 2015). "New Navy submarine will be named USS Iowa". Des Moines Register. http://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/2015/09/01/new-navy-submarine-named-uss-iowa/71451250/. 
    16. ā†‘ "Sponsor brings life to USS Sioux City". Sioux City Journal. 12 November 2018. https://www.siouxcityjournal.com/news/local/sponsor-brings-life-to-uss-sioux-city/article_403d6fcb-c24c-51f4-892c-98184cd4632e.amp.html. 
    17. ā†‘ Shelburne, Mallory (1 September 2020). "Littoral Combat Ship USS Sioux City Joins SOUTHCOM Anti-Drug Mission in First Deployment". USNI News. United States Naval Institute. https://news.usni.org/2020/09/01/littoral-combat-ship-uss-sioux-city-joins-southcom-anti-drug-mission-in-first-deployment. 
    18. ā†‘ Shelburne, Mallory (31 May 2022). "Littoral Combat Ship USS Sioux City Now Operating in the Middle East". USNI News. United States Naval Institute. https://news.usni.org/2022/05/31/littoral-combat-ship-uss-sioux-city-now-operating-in-the-middle-east. 
    19. ā†‘ "USS Sioux City (LCS 11) returns from historic deployment through 5th and 6th Fleets". United States Navy. 3 October 2022. https://www.navy.mil/Press-Office/News-Stories/Article/3178220/uss-sioux-city-lcs-11-returns-from-historic-deployment-through-5th-and-6th-flee/. 
    • 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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