USS Montgomery (LCS-8)

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For other ships with the same name, see USS Montgomery.
USS Independence LCS-2 at pierce (cropped).jpg
Sister ship USS Independence
History
United States
Name: Montgomery
Namesake: City of Montgomery
Awarded: 17 March 2011
Builder: Austal USA
Laid down: 25 June 2013
Launched: 6 August 2014
Sponsored by: Mary Blackshear Sessions[1]
Christened: 8 November 2014[1]
Status: Under construction
Badge: 155px
General characteristics
Class & type: Independence-class littoral combat ship
Displacement: 2,307 metric tons light, 3,104 metric tons full, 797 metric tons deadweight[2]
Length: 127.4 m (418 ft)[2]
Beam: 31.6 m (104 ft)[2]
Draft: 14 ft (4.27 m)[2]
Propulsion: 2× gas turbines, 2× diesel, 4× waterjets, retractable Azimuth thruster, 4× diesel generators
Speed: 40+ knots, 47 knots (54 mph; 87 km/h) sprint
Range: 4,300 nmi (7,964 km; 4,948 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:
  • Sea Giraffe 3D Surface/Air RADAR
  • Bridgemaster-E Navigational RADAR
  • AN/KAX-2 EO/IR sensor for GFC
Electronic warfare
& decoys:
  • EDO ES-3601 ESM
  • 4× SRBOC rapid bloom chaff launchers
Armament:
Aircraft carried:

USS Montgomery (LCS-8) is an Independence-class littoral combat ship of the United States Navy. She is the second ship to be named for Montgomery, the capital of Alabama.[3]

Montgomery was launched from Austal USA's shipyards in Mobile, Alabama on 6 August 2014.[4] Montgomery was christened on 8 November 2014.[1]

The ship is set to be commissioned on 10 September 2016 at Mobile, Alabama. The commanding officer will be Commander Daniel G. Straub.

References

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External links

Media related to Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. at Wikimedia Commons

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