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An MH-60 Seahawk helicopter approaching USS Freedom |
| Class overview |
| Builders: |
Lockheed Martin |
| Operators: |
United States Navy |
| Preceded by: |
None |
| Cost: |
$670.4 million |
| Built: |
2005– |
| In commission: |
2008– |
| Building: |
2 |
| Planned: |
20 |
| Completed: |
2 |
| Active: |
1 |
| General characteristics |
| Type: |
Littoral combat ship |
| Displacement: |
3,000 t (3,000 t) (full load) |
| Length: |
378 ft (115 m) |
| Beam: |
57.4 ft (17.5 m) |
| Draft: |
12.8 ft (3.9 m) |
| Installed power: |
Electrical: 4 Isotta Fraschini V1708 diesel engines, Hitzinger generator units, 800 kW each |
| Propulsion: |
2 Rolls-Royce MT30 36 MW gas turbines, 2 Colt-Pielstick diesel engines, 4 Rolls-Royce waterjets |
| Speed: |
47 knots (87 km/h; 54 mph) (sea state 3) |
| Range: |
3,500 nmi (6,500 km; 4,000 mi) at 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph) |
| Endurance: |
21 days (336 hours) |
Boats & landing
craft carried: |
11 m (36 ft) RHIB, 40 ft (12 m) high-speed boats |
| Complement: |
15 to 50 core crew, 75 with mission crew (Blue and Gold crews) |
Sensors and
processing systems: |
- EADS North America TRS-3D air and surface search radar
- Lockheed Martin COMBATSS-21 combat management system
- AN/SQR-20 Multi-Function Towed Array (As part of ASW mission module)
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Electronic warfare
& decoys: |
- Argon ST WBR-2000 ESM system
- Terma A/S SKWS decoy system
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| Armament: |
- 1 AGM-175 Griffin (Modified to function on a ship)
- 1x BAE Systems Mk 110 57 mm gun, 400 rounds in turret and two ready service magazines with 240 rounds each.
- 4x .50 in (12.7 mm) machine guns
- 2x 30 mm Mk44 Bushmaster II guns
- 21x RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missile Surface-to-Air Missiles
- Other weapons as part of mission modules
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| Aircraft carried: |
- 2x MH-60R/S Seahawk
- MQ-8 Fire Scout
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