USS Charleston (LCS-18)

For other ships of the same name, see USS Charleston.

History
Sister ship USS Independence
United States
Name:	Charleston
Namesake:	Charleston, South Carolina
Awarded:	10 March 2014^[1]
Builder:	Austal USA
Status:	Under construction
General characteristics
Class & 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:	2× gas turbines, 2× diesel, 4× waterjets, retractable Azimuth thruster, 4× 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:	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:	BAE Systems Mk 110 57 mm gun 4× .50-cal guns (2 aft, 2 forward) Evolved SeaRAM 11 cell missile launcher Mission modules
Aircraft carried:	2× MH-60R/S Seahawks MQ-8 Fire Scout

USS Charleston (LCS-18) will be an Independence-class littoral combat ship of the United States Navy.^[1] She will be the sixth ship to be named for Charleston, the oldest and second-largest city in the U.S. state of South Carolina.^[2] Charleston is under construction by Austal USA in Mobile, Alabama.^[3]

References

1 2 "Charleston". Naval Vessel Register. Retrieved 18 June 2015.
↑ "Navy secretary to visit Charleston Friday for USS Charleston ship-naming". The Post and Courier. January 6, 2015. Retrieved June 19, 2015.
↑ "Austal hosts keel laying for new Littoral Combat Ship Manchester (LCS 14)" (Press release). Austal USA. 30 June 2015. Retrieved 3 December 2015. Modules for the future USS Tulsa (LCS 16) and the future USS Charleston (LCS 18) are in the early phases of construction.

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