USS Augusta (LCS-34)
| USS Augusta being launched at Austal Shipyards.
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| History | |
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| United States | |
| Name | Augusta |
| Namesake | Augusta |
| Awarded | 18 September 2018[1] |
| Builder | Austal USA |
| Laid down | 30 July 2021[2] |
| Launched | 23 May 2022 |
| Sponsored by | Leigh Ingalls Saufley |
| Christened | 17 December 2022[3] |
| Acquired | 12 May 2023[4] |
| Commissioned | 30 September 2023[2] |
| Homeport | Naval Base San Diego |
| Identification | Hull number: LCS-34 |
| Motto | Protecting the Frontier[5] |
| Status | In active service |
| Badge | |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Independence-class littoral combat ship |
| Displacement | 2,307 metric tons light, 3,104 metric tons full, 797 metric tons deadweight |
| Length | 127.4 m (418 ft) |
| Beam | 31.6 m (104 ft) |
| Draft | 14 ft (4.27 m) |
| Propulsion | ×ばつ gas turbines, ×ばつ diesel, ×ばつ waterjets, retractable Azimuth thruster, ×ばつ diesel generators |
| Speed | 40 knots (74 km/h; 46 mph)+, 47 knots (54 mph; 87 km/h) sprint |
| Range | 4,300 nautical miles (8,000 km; 4,900 mi) at 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph)+ |
| Capacity | 210 tonnes |
| Complement | 40 core crew (8 officers, 32 enlisted) plus up to 35 mission crew |
| Sensors and processing systems |
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| Electronic warfare & decoys | |
| Armament |
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| Aircraft carried | ×ばつ MH-60R/S Seahawks |
USS Augusta (LCS-34) is an Independence-class littoral combat ship of the United States Navy.[1] [6] She is the second ship to be named for Augusta, Maine.[6]
Design
[edit ]In 2002, the United States Navy initiated a program to develop the first of a fleet of littoral combat ships.[7] The Navy initially ordered two trimaran hulled ships from General Dynamics, which became known as the Independence-class littoral combat ship after the first ship of the class, USS Independence.[7] Even-numbered US Navy littoral combat ships are built using the Independence-class trimaran design, while odd-numbered ships are based on a competing design, the conventional monohull Freedom-class littoral combat ship.[7] The initial order of littoral combat ships involved a total of four ships, including two of the Independence-class design.[7] On 29 December 2010, the Navy announced that it was awarding Austal USA a contract to build ten additional Independence-class littoral combat ships.[8] [9]
Construction and career
[edit ]Augusta was built in Mobile, Alabama by Austal USA.[10] Austal USA delivered the ship to the Navy, in Mobile on 12 May 2023.[4] She joined the active fleet with a commissioning ceremony in Eastport, Maine on 30 September 2023.[11] Augusta arrived at her homeport of San Diego on 30 October 2023.[12]
References
[edit ]- ^ a b "Augusta (LCS-34)". Naval Vessel Register. Archived from the original on 19 January 2024. Retrieved 31 January 2019.
- ^ a b "USS Augusta (LCS 34) Littoral Combat Ship". USS Augusta Commissioning. Archived from the original on 26 September 2023.
- ^ "Austal USA celebrates christening of the future USS Augusta (LCS 34)". Austal USA. 17 December 2022. Archived from the original on 2 October 2023. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
- ^ a b "Austal USA delivers the future USS Augusta (LCS 34) to the U.S. Navy". Austal USA. 12 May 2023. Archived from the original on 7 June 2023. Retrieved 12 May 2023.
- ^ "USS Augusta (LCS 34)". The Institute of Heraldry. U.S. Army. 15 December 2022. Archived from the original on 19 January 2024. Retrieved 27 December 2022.
- ^ a b "Secretary of the Navy Names Independence Variant Littoral Combat Ship After Capital of Maine". United States Navy. 31 January 2019. NNS190131-10. Archived from the original on 1 February 2019. Retrieved 31 January 2019.
- ^ Lundquist, Edward H. (11 January 2011). "Explaining the LCS Multi-ship Buy". Defense Media Network. Archived from the original on 19 January 2024. Retrieved 19 January 2024.
- ^ Osborn, Kris (27 June 2014). "Navy Engineers LCS Changes". military.com. Archived from the original on 22 December 2018. Retrieved 12 July 2014.
- ^ "Austal USA Delivers the Future USS Mobile (LCS 26) to the U.S. Navy". Austal USA. 9 December 2020. Archived from the original on 3 October 2023. Retrieved 12 December 2020.
- ^ "USS Augusta (LCS34) Commissioning". Defense Visual Information Distribution Service. 30 September 2023. Archived from the original on 19 January 2024.
- ^ Hand, Vance (30 October 2023). "USS Augusta (LCS 34) Arrives at Homeport in San Diego". Defense Visual Information Distribution Service. Archived from the original on 11 November 2023.
- Public Domain This article includes information collected from the Naval Vessel Register, which, as a U.S. government publication, is in the public domain. The entry can be found here.
