USS Nantucket (LCS-27)
![]() Shown here is sister-ship USS Freedom underway on sea trials in February 2013 before her first deployment
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Name | Nantucket |
Namesake | Nantucket |
Awarded | 6 October 2017[2] |
Builder | Marinette Marine[2] |
Laid down | 9 October 2019[3] |
Launched | 7 August 2021[1] |
Sponsored by | Polly Spencer |
Christened | 7 August 2021 |
Identification | Hull number: LCS-27 |
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Status | On order |
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General characteristics | |
Class and type | Freedom-class littoral combat ship |
Length | 378 ft (115 m) |
Speed | >40 knots (46 mph; 74 km/h) |
USS Nantucket (LCS-27) will be a Freedom-class littoral combat ship of the United States Navy.[2][5] She will be the third commissioned ship in naval service named after Nantucket.[5]
Marinette Marine was awarded the contract to build the ship on 6 October 2017.[2]
The ship was christened on 7 August 2021 and launched into the Menominee River.[6]
References[]
- ^ "Littoral Combat Ship 27 (USS Nantucket) Christened And Launched" (Press release). Lockheed Martin. 9 August 2021. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
- ^ a b c d "Nantucket (LCS-27)". Naval Vessel Register. Retrieved 15 February 2018.
- ^ "Lockheed Martin-Led Team Begins Construction On Navy's Littoral Combat Ship, The Future USS Nantucket" (Press release). Lockheed Martin. 9 October 2019. Retrieved 9 October 2019.
- ^ "USS Nantucket (LCS 27)". The Institute of Heraldry. U.S. Army. 21 October 2021. Retrieved 21 October 2021.
- ^ a b "Secretary of the Navy Names Two Littoral Combat Ships" (Press release). U.S. Navy. 13 February 2018. NNS180213-13. Retrieved 15 February 2018.
- ^ "Future USS Nantucket christened at Marinette Marine". wbay.com. 9 August 2021. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
- 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.
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- Freedom-class littoral combat ships
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