USS Minneapolis-St Paul, on trials in Lake Michigan.
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Name | Minneapolis-Saint Paul |
Namesake | Minneapolis–Saint Paul |
Awarded | 29 December 2010 [4] |
Builder | Marinette Marine [4] |
Laid down | 22 February 2018 [5] |
Launched | 15 June 2019 [1] |
Sponsored by | Jodi J. Greene |
Christened | 15 June 2019 |
Acquired | 18 November 2021 [2] |
Commissioned | 21 May 2022 [3] |
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Status | Active |
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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 | 387 ft (118 m) |
Beam | 58 ft (18 m) |
Draft | 13 ft (4.0 m) |
Propulsion | 2 Rolls-Royce MT30 36 MW gas turbines, 2 Colt-Pielstick diesel engines, 4 Rolls-Royce waterjets |
Speed | 45 knots (83 km/h; 52 mph) ( sea state 3) |
Range | 3,500 nmi (6,500 km; 4,000 mi) at 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph) [6] |
Endurance | 21 days (504 hours) |
Boats & landing craft carried | 11 m RHIB, 40 ft (12 m) high-speed boats |
Complement | 35-50 core crew, 75 mission crew (Rotating crews) |
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Notes | Electrical power is provided by 4 Isotta Fraschini V1708 diesel engines with Hitzinger generator units rated at 800 kW each. |
USS Minneapolis-Saint Paul (LCS-21) is a Freedom-class littoral combat ship of the United States Navy. [8] She is the second ship in naval service named after Minnesota's Twin Cities. [8] [9]
In 2002, the US 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] Minneapolis-Saint Paul is the eleventh Freedom-class littoral combat ship to be built.
On 29 December 2010, Marinette Marine was awarded the contract to build the ship in Marinette, Wisconsin. [4] [12]
The ship was christened at the Marinette shipyard in 2019. The commissioning ceremony was expected to take place in the spring of 2021 before a problem with the propulsion system was discovered. [13] On 15 June 2021, Minneapolis-St. Paul was launched in Marinette. The Navy commissioned the ship on 21 May 2022 in Duluth, Minnesota under the command of Commander Alfonza White. [3] [14]
In September 2022, the ship was involved in a collision with Danmark, a 252-foot full-rigged ship. Danmark was being towed by a tugboat when she collided with the stationary Minneapolis-Saint Paul. No injuries were reported. [15]