USS Marinette (LCS-25)
USS Marinette (LCS-25) will be a Freedom-class littoral combat ship of the United States Navy. She will be the first commissioned ship, and second overall in naval service to be named after Marinette, Wisconsin (the place where it was built),[4] the other being Marinette (YTB-791), a Natick-class large fleet tugboat.[5][6] Marinette Marine was awarded the contract to build the ship on 31 March 2016[1] at their shipyard in Marinette, Wisconsin.[7]
 Shown here is sister-ship USS Freedom underway on sea trials in February 2013 before her first deployment | |
| History | |
|---|---|
 United States | |
| Name: | Marinette |
| Namesake: | Marinette, Wisconsin |
| Awarded: | 31 March 2016[1] |
| Builder: | Marinette Marine[1] |
| Laid down: | 27 March 2019[2] |
| Launched: | 31 October 2020[3] |
| Sponsored by: | Jennifer Granholm |
| Status: | Completed |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Freedom-class littoral combat ship |
| Length: | 378 ft (115 m) |
| Speed: | >40 knots (46 mph; 74 km/h) |
References
- "Marinette (LCS-25)". Naval Vessel Register. Retrieved 22 September 2016.
- "Lockheed Martin-Led Team Begins Construction On Navy's Newest Multi-Mission Warship, Littoral Combat Ship 25 (Marinette)" (Press release). Lockheed Martin. 27 March 2019. Retrieved 27 March 2019.
- "U.S. Navy Launches Littoral Combat Ship Marinette" (Press release). Naval Sea Systems Command. 2 November 2020. Retrieved 2 November 2020.
- "Secretary of the Navy Names Two Littoral Combat Ships" (Press release). U.S. Department of Defense. 22 September 2016. Retrieved 22 September 2016.
- "Secretary of the Navy Names Two Littoral Combat Ships" (Press release). U.S. Navy. 22 September 2016. Retrieved 22 September 2016.
- "Navy secretary names combat ship the USS Marinette". WBAY ABC 2. 22 September 2016. Retrieved 22 September 2016.
- "Start Of Construction on LCS 25" (PDF). The Beacon. Fincantieri Marinette Marine (Spring 2018): 4. 22 May 2018. Retrieved 31 May 2018.
- 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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