USS Cooperstown
 Shown here is sister-ship USS Freedom underway on sea trials in February 2013 before her first deployment | |
| History | |
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 United States
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| Name: | Cooperstown |
| Namesake: | Village of Cooperstown |
| Awarded: | 29 December 2010[1] |
| Builder: | Marinette Marine |
| Status: | Announced |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Freedom-class littoral combat ship |
| Length: | 378 ft (115 m) |
| Speed: | >40 knots (46 mph; 74 km/h) |
USS Cooperstown (LCS-23) will be a Freedom-class littoral combat ship of the United States Navy.[2] It will be the first ship in naval service named after Cooperstown, New York.[2][3]
U.S. Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus announced the naming of USS Cooperstown on 25 July 2015 during a ceremony at the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York. Mabus was part of a program honoring baseball players who served in World War II.[4]
Marinette Marine was awarded the contract to build the ship on 29 December 2010.[1]
References
- 1 2 "LCS-23". Naval Vessel Register. Retrieved 26 July 2015.
- 1 2 "Navy Names Littoral Combat Ship" (Press release). U.S. Department of Defense. 26 July 2015. Retrieved 26 July 2015.
- ↑ "Navy Names Littoral Combat Ship USS Cooperstown". National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum. 25 July 2015. Retrieved 26 July 2015.
- ↑ "Navy to commission USS Cooperstown". Cooperstown Crier. Retrieved 26 July 2015.
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