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Littoral combat ship USS Cooperstown (LCS-23)

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Classification

Ship class:
Freedom-class littoral combat ship
Type:
Littoral combat ship

Basic information

Namesake:
Cooperstown is a village in and county seat of Otsego County, New York, United States. Most of the village lies within the town of Otsego, but some of the eastern part is in the town of Middlefield. It is located in the Central New York Region of New York.
Operator:
United States NavyUnited States Navy
Country of build:
Builder:
Marinette Marine
Ordered:
Laid down:
Launched:
Status:
Launched

Ship measurements

Displacement:
3,500 t
Length:
115.3 m
Beam:
17.5 m
Draft:
4 m

Machine

Propulsion system:
CODAG
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) at 18 knots (21 mph; 33 km/h)

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 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)
  • 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
  • 21 * RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missile Surface-to-Air Missiles
  • Honeywell Mk 50 Torpedo
  • NETFIRES PAM missile in the ASuW module
  • 2 * .50 cal (12.7 mm) machine guns
  • can be fitted with up to 4 * Mk44 Bushmaster II 30mm guns
Aircraft:
  • 1 * MH-60R/S Seahawk helicopter
  • 2 * MQ-8B Fire Scouts or 1 * MQ-8C Fire Scout

USS Cooperstown (LCS-23) will be a Freedom-class littoral combat ship of the United States Navy. It will be the first ship in naval service named after Cooperstown, New York.

U.S. Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus announced the naming of USS Cooperstown on 25 July 2015 during a ceremony at the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York. Mabus was part of a program honoring baseball players who served in World War II.

Marinette Marine was awarded the contract to build the ship on 29 December 2010. Marinette Marine is building the Cooperstown at its Marinette, Wisconsin shipyard.

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