USS Little Rock (LCS-9)

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For other ships with the same name, see USS Little Rock.
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Launch of USS Little Rock (LCS-9) on 18 July 2015
History
United States
Name: Little Rock
Namesake: Little Rock, Arkansas
Awarded: 16 March 2012[1]
Builder: Marinette Marine
Laid down: 27 June 2013[1]
Launched: 18 July 2015[2]
Sponsored by: Janée L. Bonner[3]
Christened: 18 July 2015[3]
Status: Under construction
General characteristics
Class & type: Freedom-class littoral combat ship
Displacement: 3,500 metric tons (3,900 short tons) full load[4]
Length: 378.3 ft (115.3 m)
Beam: 57.4 ft (17.5 m)
Draft: 13.0 ft (4.0 m)
Installed power: 4 Isotta Fraschini V1708 diesel engines with Hitzinger generator units rated at 800 kW each.
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)[5]
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:
Aviation facilities: Flight deck, hangar

USS Little Rock (LCS-9) is a Freedom-class littoral combat ship of the United States Navy.[1][6] It is the second ship named after Little Rock, the capital city of Arkansas.[7] The ship will cost somewhere between $300 million and $350 million[8] and is said[by whom?] to have many new features.[9] The keel laying ceremony for Little Rock was on 27 June 2013. The mast stepping ceremony took place on 23 April 2015, followed by the christening ceremony on 18 July 2015. Little Rock is presently undergoing sea trials.[citation needed] The ship will be commissioned at Buffalo, New York in late 2016 or early 2017.[10]

References

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