USS Cooperstown

USS Cooperstown (LCS-23) is a Freedom-class littoral combat ship of the United States Navy. She is the first naval ship named after Cooperstown, New York.[5][6]

Shown here is sister-ship USS Freedom underway on sea trials in February 2013 before her first deployment
History
United States
Name: Cooperstown
Namesake: Village of Cooperstown
Awarded: 29 December 2010[1]
Builder: Marinette Marine[1]
Laid down: 14 August 2018[2]
Launched: 19 January 2020[3]
Sponsored by: Alba Tull[4]
Christened: 29 February 2020[3]
Motto: America's Away Team
Status: Under construction
Badge:
General characteristics
Class and type: Freedom-class littoral combat ship
Length: 378 ft (115 m)
Speed: >40 knots (46 mph; 74 km/h)

Ray Mabus, while Secretary of the Navy, announced the naming of Cooperstown on 25 July 2015 during a ceremony at the Baseball Hall of Fame, which is located in Cooperstown. The announcement was part of the ceremony which was honoring baseball players who served in World War II.[7] Her name honors 68 military veterans from multiple conflicts (starting with the Civil War) who are members of the Baseball Hall of Fame.[6]

Marinette Marine was awarded the contract to build the ship on 29 December 2010,[1] at their shipyard in Marinette, Wisconsin.[8]

On 20 November 2019, Vice President of the United States Mike Pence toured the ship prior to giving a speech at Marinette Marine.[9]

Cooperstown was launched on 19 January 2020 and christened on 29 February 2020. [3] Her homeport will be NS Mayport.

References
  1. "Cooperstown (LCS-23)". Naval Vessel Register. Retrieved 25 July 2016.
  2. "Team Freedom Lays Keel on Nation's 23rd Littoral Combat Ship" (Press release). Lockheed Martin. 14 August 2018. Retrieved 14 August 2018.
  3. "Littoral Combat Ship 23 (Cooperstown) Christened". Lockheed Martin. 1 March 2020. Retrieved 2 March 2020.
  4. "Navy to Christen Littoral Combat Ship Cooperstown". United States Department of Defense. 28 February 2020. Retrieved 29 February 2020.
  5. "Navy Names Littoral Combat Ship" (Press release). U.S. Department of Defense. 26 July 2015. Retrieved 26 July 2015.
  6. "Navy Names Littoral Combat Ship USS Cooperstown". National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum. 25 July 2015. Retrieved 26 July 2015.
  7. "Navy to commission USS Cooperstown". Cooperstown Crier. Retrieved 26 July 2015.
  8. "Start Of Construction on LCS 23 (Cooperstown)" (PDF). The Beacon. Fincantieri Marinette Marine (Summer 2017): 3. 31 July 2017. Retrieved 1 August 2017.
  9. Sussman, Rob (20 November 2019). "Pence Touts Jobs in Marinette Speech". WTAQ News Talk. Retrieved 29 February 2020.
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