Littoral combat ship USS Milwaukee (LCS-5)
Basic information
Namesake:
City of Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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MMSI number:
369970707
Ship measurements
Displacement:
3,500 t
Length:
115.3 m
Beam:
17.5 m
Beam (waterline):
13 m
Draft:
4 m
Machine
Propulsion system:
Propulsion:
- 2 * Rolls-Royce MT30 gas turbines (2 * 48000 hp / 36 MW)
- 2 * Colt-Pielstick 16PA6B diesel engines (2 * 9100 hp / 6.8 MW)
- 4 * Rolls-Royce Kamewa 153SII waterjets; 2 steerable
- 4 * Isotta Fraschini V1708 diesel engines
- Hitzinger generator units 800 kW, each
Speed:
45 knots
Range:
3,500 nmi (6,500 km; 4,000 mi) at 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph)
Personnel
Complement:
125
Ship's company:
50
Mission crew:
75
Combat assets
Boats & landing craft:
- 1 * 11 m RHIB
- 1 * 12 m high-speed boats
Electronics:
- EADS TRS-3D C-band radar
- X-Band Navigational Radar
- S-Band Navigational Radar
- WBR 2000
- Super RBOCs
- Nulka decoy launchers
Armament:
- 1 * BAE Systems Mk 110 57 mm gun
- 1 * RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missiles
- 6 * Mark 50 torpedo tubes
- 2 * Mk 44 Bushmaster II 30 millimeter guns
- 4 * .50-cal guns
- Mission modules
Aircraft:
- 1 * MH-60R/S Seahawk helicopter
- 2 * MQ-8B Fire Scouts or 1 * MQ-8C Fire Scout
USS Milwaukee (LCS-5) is a Freedom-class littoral combat ship of the United States Navy. She is the fifth ship to be named for the city of Milwaukee, the largest city in Wisconsin.
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