USS Santa Barbara (LCS-32)

USS Santa Barbara (LCS-32) will be an Independence-class littoral combat ship of the United States Navy.[1][3] She will be the third U.S. Navy ship to be named Santa Barbara.[3]

For other ships with the same name, see USS Santa Barbara.

Sister ship USS Independence
History
United States of America
Name: Santa Barbara
Namesake: Santa Barbara, California
Awarded: 18 September 2018[1]
Laid down: 27 October 2020[2]
Sponsored by: Lolita Zinke
Status: Under construction
General characteristics
Class and type: Independence-class littoral combat ship
Displacement: 2,307 metric tons light, 3,104 metric tons full, 797 metric tons deadweight
Length: 127.4 m (418 ft)
Beam: 31.6 m (104 ft)
Draft: 14 ft (4.27 m)
Propulsion: 2× gas turbines, 2× diesel, 4× waterjets, retractable Azimuth thruster, 4× diesel generators
Speed: 40 knots (74 km/h; 46 mph)+, 47 knots (54 mph; 87 km/h) sprint
Range: 4,300 nautical miles (8,000 km; 4,900 mi) at 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph)+
Capacity: 210 tonnes
Complement: 40 core crew (8 officers, 32 enlisted) plus up to 35 mission crew
Sensors and
processing systems:
  • Sea Giraffe 3D Surface/Air RADAR
  • Bridgemaster-E Navigational RADAR
  • AN/KAX-2 EO/IR sensor for GFC
Electronic warfare
& decoys:
  • EDO ES-3601 ESM
  • 4× SRBOC rapid bloom chaff launchers
Armament:
Aircraft carried:

Santa Barbara is currently being built in Mobile, Alabama by Austal USA.[3]

References
  1. "Santa Barbara (LCS-32)". Naval Vessel Register. Retrieved 10 October 2018.
  2. "U.S. Navy Lays Keel of Future USS Santa Barbara" (Press release). Naval Sea Systems Command. 30 October 2020. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
  3. "Secretary of the Navy Names Newest Independence Variant Littoral Combat Ship" (Press release). U.S. Navy. 9 October 2018. NNS181009-28. Retrieved 10 October 2018.
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