USS Jackson (LCS-6)

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

History
USS Jackson commissioned, December 2015.
United States
Name:	USS Jackson
Namesake:	Jackson, Mississippi^[1]
Awarded:	29 December 2010
Builder:	Austal USA
Launched:	14 December 2013
Sponsored by:	Dr. Kate Cochran^[1]
Acquired:	11 August 2015
Commissioned:	5 December 2015^[1]
Status:	in active service, as of 2016
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^[2]
Length:	127.4 m (418 ft)^[2]
Beam:	31.6 m (104 ft)^[2]
Draft:	14 ft (4.27 m)^[2]
Propulsion:	2 × General Electric LM2500 gas turbines^[3] 4 × waterjets, retractable Azimuth thruster 4 × diesel generators
Speed:	40+ knots, 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 Jackson (LCS-6) is an Independence-class littoral combat ship of the United States Navy. She is the first ship to be named for Jackson, the capital of Mississippi.^[1]^[4]

Construction began on 1 August 2011 with the first cutting of aluminum at Austal USA's Modular Manufacturing facility in Mobile, Alabama.^[5] The name of the ship was announced on 5 October 2011.^[6] The ship was launched on 14 December 2013.^[2] Jackson was delivered to the Navy on 11 August 2015 and placed into service that day.^[2]

The ship was commissioned in a 5 December 2015 ceremony in Gulfport, Mississippi.^[1]^[7]

References

1 2 3 4 5 Church, Kathleen (7 December 2015). "USS Jackson (LCS 6) Commissioned" (Press release). Navy News Service. NNS151207-02. Retrieved 10 December 2015.
1 2 3 4 5 6 "Jackson (LCS 6)". Naval Vessel Register. July 2011. Retrieved 6 August 2011.
↑ "GE Marine’s LM2500 gas turbines to power USS Jackson (LCS 6)". naval-technology.com. 1 November 2012. Retrieved 16 May 2015.
↑ "Navy Names Littoral Combat Ships Jackson and Montgomery" (Press release). U.S. Department of Defense. 25 March 2011. 243-11. Retrieved 16 May 2015.
↑ "Building of LCS moves forward". UPI. 5 August 2011. Retrieved 16 May 2015.
↑ "U.S. Navy Christens Independence-Class Littoral Combat Ship USS Jackson". Shipbuilding Tribune. 6 October 2011. Archived from the original on 8 October 2011. Retrieved 8 October 2011.
↑ "Littoral combat ship USS Jackson commissioned in Gulfport". The Clarion Ledger. USA Today Network. Retrieved 2015-12-06.

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