USS Cincinnati in the Gulf of Mexico on 10 February 2019
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Name | Cincinnati |
Namesake | Cincinnati |
Awarded | 29 December 2010 [3] |
Builder | Austal USA [3] |
Laid down | 10 April 2017 [4] |
Launched | 22 May 2018 |
Sponsored by | Penny Pritzker |
Christened | 6 May 2018 [5] |
Acquired | 21 June 2019 [1] |
Commissioned | 5 October 2019 [2] |
Homeport | San Diego |
Identification |
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Motto | Strength in Unity |
Status | Active |
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General characteristics | |
Class and 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 |
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Electronic warfare & decoys | |
Armament |
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Aircraft carried | 2× MH-60R/S Seahawks |
USS Cincinnati (LCS-20) is an Independence-class littoral combat ship of the United States Navy. [3] She is the fifth ship to be named after Cincinnati, Ohio. [6]
In 2002, the United States Navy initiated a program to develop the first of a fleet of littoral combat ships. [7] 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. [7] Even-numbered U.S. 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. [7] The initial order of littoral combat ships involved a total of four ships, including two of the Independence-class design. [7] On 29 December 2010, the Navy announced that it was awarding Austal USA a contract to build ten additional Independence-class littoral combat ships. [8] [9] Cincinnati has a crew of up to 40 sailors and can hold two MH-60R/S Seahawk helicopters. [10]
Cincinnati was christened on 7 May 2018 by former Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker [11] and commissioned on 5 October 2019. [2] She has been assigned to Littoral Combat Ship Squadron One. [12] Cincinnati is currently stationed in San Diego, CA. [13]
Cincinnati councilman and former member of the U.S. Congress, David Mann, spoke at the christening, and former Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker served as the ship's sponsor. Pritzker broke a bottle of sparkling wine across the bow in keeping with time-honored Navy traditions.
USS Cincinnati in the Gulf of Mexico on 10 February 2019
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History | |
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![]() | |
Name | Cincinnati |
Namesake | Cincinnati |
Awarded | 29 December 2010 [3] |
Builder | Austal USA [3] |
Laid down | 10 April 2017 [4] |
Launched | 22 May 2018 |
Sponsored by | Penny Pritzker |
Christened | 6 May 2018 [5] |
Acquired | 21 June 2019 [1] |
Commissioned | 5 October 2019 [2] |
Homeport | San Diego |
Identification |
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Motto | Strength in Unity |
Status | Active |
Badge |
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General characteristics | |
Class and 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 |
|
Electronic warfare & decoys | |
Armament |
|
Aircraft carried | 2× MH-60R/S Seahawks |
USS Cincinnati (LCS-20) is an Independence-class littoral combat ship of the United States Navy. [3] She is the fifth ship to be named after Cincinnati, Ohio. [6]
In 2002, the United States Navy initiated a program to develop the first of a fleet of littoral combat ships. [7] 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. [7] Even-numbered U.S. 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. [7] The initial order of littoral combat ships involved a total of four ships, including two of the Independence-class design. [7] On 29 December 2010, the Navy announced that it was awarding Austal USA a contract to build ten additional Independence-class littoral combat ships. [8] [9] Cincinnati has a crew of up to 40 sailors and can hold two MH-60R/S Seahawk helicopters. [10]
Cincinnati was christened on 7 May 2018 by former Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker [11] and commissioned on 5 October 2019. [2] She has been assigned to Littoral Combat Ship Squadron One. [12] Cincinnati is currently stationed in San Diego, CA. [13]
Cincinnati councilman and former member of the U.S. Congress, David Mann, spoke at the christening, and former Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker served as the ship's sponsor. Pritzker broke a bottle of sparkling wine across the bow in keeping with time-honored Navy traditions.