Littoral combat ship USS Fort Worth (LCS-3)
Basic information
Namesake:
City of Fort Worth, Texas
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Ship measurements
Displacement:
3,500 t
Length:
118 m
Beam:
17.7 m
Beam (waterline):
13 m
Draft:
3.9 m
Machine
Propulsion:
- 2 * Rolls-Royce MT30 36 MW (48,000 hp) gas turbines
- 2 * Colt-Pielstick diesel engines
- 4 * Rolls-Royce waterjets
- 4 * Isotta Fraschini V1708 diesel engines with Hitzinger generator units rated at 800 kW each
Speed:
45 knots
Range:
3,500 nmi (6,500 km; 4,000 mi) at 18 knots (21 mph; 33 km/h)
Personnel
Complement:
125
Ship's company:
50
Mission crew:
75
Combat assets
Boats & landing craft:
- 11 m (36 ft) Rigid-hulled inflatable boat
- 12 m (40 ft) high-speed boats
Electronics:
- EADS TRS-3D 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)
- Argon ST WBR-2000 ESM system
- Terma A/S SKWS decoy system
Armament:
- 1 * BAE Systems Mk 110 57 mm gun, 400 rounds in turret and two ready service magazines with 240 rounds each
- 4 * .50 cal (12.7 mm) machine guns
- 21 * RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missile Surface-to-Air Missiles
- Mark 50 torpedo
Aircraft:
- 2 * MH-60R/S Seahawks
- 1 * MQ-8 Fire Scout
USS Fort Worth (LCS-3) is a Freedom-class littoral combat ship of the United States Navy. She is the first ship to be named after Fort Worth, Texas, the 16th-largest city in the United States.
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