USS Nantucket (LCS-27)
USS Nantucket (LCS-27) will be a Freedom-class littoral combat ship of the United States Navy.[1][3] She will be the third commissioned ship in naval service named after Nantucket.[3]
 Shown here is sister-ship USS Freedom underway on sea trials in February 2013 before her first deployment | |
| History | |
|---|---|
 United States | |
| Name: | Nantucket |
| Namesake: | Nantucket |
| Awarded: | 6 October 2017[1] |
| Builder: | Marinette Marine[1] |
| Laid down: | 9 October 2019[2] |
| Sponsored by: | Polly Spencer |
| Status: | On order |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Freedom-class littoral combat ship |
| Length: | 378 ft (115 m) |
| Speed: | >40 knots (46 mph; 74 km/h) |
Marinette Marine was awarded the contract to build the ship on 6 October 2017.[1]
References
- "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.
- "Secretary of the Navy Names Two Littoral Combat Ships" (Press release). U.S. Navy. 13 February 2018. NNS180213-13. Retrieved 15 February 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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