Littoral combat ship USS Fort Worth (LCS-3)

Littoral combat ship USS Fort Worth (LCS-3) 2

Littoral combat ship USS Fort Worth (LCS-3) 3

Littoral combat ship USS Fort Worth (LCS-3) 4

Littoral combat ship USS Fort Worth (LCS-3) 5

Littoral combat ship USS Fort Worth (LCS-3) 6

Classification

Ship class:

Freedom-class littoral combat ship

Type:

Littoral combat ship

Basic information

Namesake:

City of Fort Worth, Texas

Operator:

United States Navy

Country of build:

United States

Builder:

Marinette Marine

Ordered:

23 March 2009

Laid down:

11 July 2009

Launched:

4 December 2010

Commissioned (service):

22 September 2012

Status:

Active

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:

Mission crew:

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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