USS Detroit on 30 April 2018
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History | |
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United States | |
Name | Detroit |
Namesake | Detroit |
Awarded | 17 March 2011 [4] |
Builder | Marinette Marine [4] |
Laid down | 8 November 2012 [5] |
Launched | 18 October 2014 [1] |
Sponsored by | Mrs. Barbara Levin |
Christened | 18 October 2014 |
Acquired | 12 August 2016 [2] |
Commissioned | 22 October 2016 [3] |
Decommissioned | 29 September 2023 |
Homeport | Naval Station Mayport [4] |
Identification |
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Motto | Swift Vigilance |
Status | Stricken, Final Disposition Pending [4] |
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General characteristics | |
Class and type | Freedom-class littoral combat ship |
Displacement | 3,500 metric tons (3,900 short tons) full load [7] |
Length | 378.3 ft (115.3 m) [4] |
Beam | 57.4 ft (17.5 m) [4] |
Draft | 13.0 ft (3.7 m) [4] |
Propulsion | 2 Rolls-Royce MT30 36 MW gas turbines, 2 Colt-Pielstick diesel engines, 4 Rolls-Royce waterjets |
Speed | 40 knots (46 mph; 74 km/h) ( sea state 3) |
Range | 3,500 nmi (6,500 km) at 18 knots (21 mph; 33 km/h) [6] |
Endurance | 21 days (336 hours) |
Boats & landing craft carried | 11 m RHIB, 40 ft (12 m) high-speed boats |
Complement | 15 to 50 core crew, 75 mission crew (Blue and Gold crews) |
Armament | |
Aircraft carried | |
Notes | Electrical power is provided by 4 Isotta Fraschini V1708 diesel engines with Hitzinger generator units rated at 800 kW each. |
USS Detroit (LCS-7) was the fourth Freedom-class littoral combat ship of the United States Navy. [8] She is the sixth ship to be named after the city of Detroit, Michigan. [4] [9]
In 2002, the U.S. Navy initiated a program to develop the first of a fleet of littoral combat ships. [10] The Navy initially ordered two monohull ships from Lockheed Martin, which became known as the Freedom-class littoral combat ships after the first ship of the class, USS Freedom. [10] [11] Odd-numbered U.S. Navy littoral combat ships are built using the Freedom-class monohull design, while even-numbered ships are based on a competing design, the trimaran hull Independence-class littoral combat ship from General Dynamics. [10] The initial order of littoral combat ships involved a total of four ships, including two of the Freedom-class design. [10] Detroit is the fourth Freedom-class littoral combat ship to be built.
Detroit includes additional stability improvements over the original Freedom design; the stern transom was lengthened and buoyancy tanks were added to the stern to increase weight service and enhance stability. [12] The ship will also feature automated sensors to allow "conditions-based maintenance" and reduce crew overwork and fatigue issues that Freedom had on her first deployment. [13]
The ceremonial “laying of the keel” was in early November 2012 at the Marinette Marine shipyards in Marinette, Wisconsin. [14] The ship was launched on 18 October 2014. [1] The US Navy accepted Detroit into service on 12 August 2016; the ship was commissioned on 22 October 2016. [15] [3] She is assigned to Littoral Combat Ship Squadron Two. The ship is sponsored by Mrs. Barbara Levin [1] (Wife of Senator Carl Levin)
On 30 December 2016, Detroit participated in a homeport shift ceremony that took place at Naval Station Mayport. The ship was previously scheduled to be based out of Naval Base San Diego but was reassigned while en route. [16]
On 13 January 2017, Detroit completed her first flight deck evolutions to certify the flight deck for future air operations. The landings and VERTREP were conducted by the "Swamp Foxes" of HSM-74. On 8 March 2017, Detroit fired a vertical-launched AGM-114 Hellfire missile, the first such launch from a littoral combat ship. [17] The Hellfire system is meant to engage small vessels and strike targets on land.
In January 2020, Detroit conducted freedom of navigation and intelligence-gathering operations in the Caribbean Sea. [18]
Detroit, the fourth ship of the Freedom-class, was planned to be inactivated in FY 2022, and to join the Out of Commission in Reserve (OCIR) list, along with three other ships in the class: Freedom, Fort Worth, and Little Rock. [19] However, in the final 2022 budget, Congress blocked the Navy's request to retire the three ships. [20]
On 21 June 2023 Detroit got underway for its final deployment to the 4th fleet AOR to support regional cooperation and security. [21]
On 27 September 2023 Detroit returned to Mayport in preparation to decommission the ship two days later. [22]
On 29 September 2023, Detroit was decommissioned at Mayport. [23] [24]