USS Cleveland (LCS-31)

USS Cleveland (LCS-31) will be a Freedom-class littoral combat ship of the United States Navy.[2] She will be the fourth commissioned ship in naval service named after Cleveland, the second-largest city in Ohio.[3] Marinette Marine was awarded the contract to build the ship on 15 January 2019.[1]

Shown here is sister-ship USS Freedom underway on sea trials in February 2013 before her first deployment
History
United States
Name: Cleveland
Namesake: Cleveland
Awarded: 15 January 2019[1]
Builder: Marinette Marine
Status: On order
General characteristics
Class and type: Freedom-class littoral combat ship
Displacement: 3,410 metric tons (3,760 short tons) full load[1]
Length: 388 ft (118 m)[1]
Beam: 58 ft (18 m)[1]
Draft: 14 ft (4.3 m)[1]
Speed: >40 knots (46 mph; 74 km/h)
Complement: 9 officers, 41 enlisted[1]

References

  1. "Cleveland (LCS-31)". Naval Vessel Register. Retrieved 8 May 2019.
  2. "Navy Statement on Littoral Combat Ship" (Press release). NAVSEA. 15 January 2019. Retrieved 8 May 2019.
  3. Tim Ryan (19 February 2019). "Congressman Tim Ryan Announces Details on Forthcoming USS Cleveland" (Press release). United States House of Representatives. Retrieved 25 March 2019.
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