USS St. Louis (LCS-19)

Shown here is sister-ship USS Freedom underway
History
United States
Name:	St. Louis
Namesake:	St. Louis, MO
Awarded:	10 March 2014[1]
Builder:	Marinette Marine
Status:	On order
General characteristics
Class & type:	Freedom-class littoral combat ship
Displacement:	3,500 metric tons (3,900 short tons) full load[2]
Length:	378.3 ft (115.3 m)
Beam:	57.4 ft (17.5 m)
Draft:	13.0 ft (4.0 m)
Propulsion:	2 Rolls-Royce MT30 36 MW gas turbines, 2 Colt-Pielstick diesel engines, 4 Rolls-Royce waterjets
Speed:	45 knots (52 mph; 83 km/h) (sea state 3)
Range:	3,500 nmi (6,500 km) at 18 knots (21 mph; 33 km/h)[3]
Endurance:	21 days (336 hours)
Boats & landing craft carried:	11 m RHIB, 40 ft (12 m) high-speed boats
Complement:	15 to 50 core crew, 75 mission crew (Blue and Gold crews)
Armament:	BAE Systems Mk 110 57 mm gun RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missiles Honeywell Mk 50 Torpedo NETFIRES PAM missile in the ASuW module 2 .50-cal guns can be fitted with up to 4 Bushmaster 30mm guns
Aircraft carried:	2 MH-60R/S Seahawks MQ-8 Fire Scout
Aviation facilities:	Flight Deck, Hangar Bay
Notes:	Electrical power is provided by 4 Isotta Fraschini V1708 diesel engines with Hitzinger generator units rated at 800 kW each.

USS St. Louis (LCS-19) will be a Freedom-class littoral combat ship of the United States Navy.^[1] It will be the seventh ship in naval service named after St. Louis, Missouri.^[4]

Marinette Marine was awarded the contract to build the ship on March 10, 2014.^[1]

References

1. "St. Louis". Naval Vessel Register. Retrieved 11 June 2015.
2. "Littoral Combat Ship Class - LCS". America's Navy. US Navy. Retrieved 19 April 2015.
3. "Freedom Class LCS Littoral Combat Ship". Retrieved 18 June 2015.
4. "Navy Names Littoral Combat Ship" (Press release). U.S. Navy. 20 April 2015. Retrieved 11 June 2015.