USS Milwaukee (LCS-5)

For other ships with the same name, see USS Milwaukee.

USS Milwaukee on 8 June 2016
History
United States
NameMilwaukee
NamesakeMilwaukee
Awarded29 December 2010[1]
BuilderMarinette Marine, Marinette, Wisconsin[1]
Laid down27 October 2011[2]
Launched18 December 2013[3]
Sponsored bySylvia M. Panetta
Christened18 December 2013
Acquired16 October 2015[4]
Commissioned21 November 2015
Decommissioned8 September 2023[5]
HomeportMayport
Identification
MottoStrength - Freedom[6]
StatusStricken, Final Disposition Pending
Badge
General characteristics
Class and typeFreedom-class littoral combat ship
Displacement3,500 metric tons (3,900 short tons) full load[7]
Length378.3 ft (115.3 m)[1]
Beam
  • 43 ft (13 m) wl
  • 57.4 ft (17.5 m) (extreme)[1]
Draft
  • 13 ft (4.0 m) (navigational)[1]
  • 14 ft (4.3 m) (draft limit)
Installed power
Propulsion4 × Rolls-Royce waterjets
Speed45 knots (52 mph; 83 km/h) (sea state 3)
Range3,500 nmi (6,500 km) at 18 knots (21 mph; 33 km/h)[8]
Endurance21 days (336 hours)
Boats & landing
craft carried		11 m RHIB, 40 ft (12 m) high-speed boats
Complement50 core crew, 75 with mission crew (Crews rotate through hulls)
Sensors and
processing systems
  • EADS TRS-3D C-band radar
  • X-Band Navigational Radar
  • S-Band Navigational Radar
Electronic warfare
& decoys
  • WBR 2000
  • Super RBOCs
  • Nulka decoy launchers
Armament
Aircraft carried
NotesElectrical power is provided by 4 Isotta Fraschini V1708 diesel engines with Hitzinger generator units rated at 800 kW each.

USS Milwaukee (LCS-5) was a Freedom-class littoral combat ship of the United States Navy.[9] She was the fifth ship to be named for the city of Milwaukee,[10] the largest city in Wisconsin.

  1. ^ a b c d e "USS Milwaukee (LCS-5)". Naval Vessel Register. Retrieved 25 July 2016.
  2. ^ "Lockheed Martin Team Lays Keel on Nation's Fifth Littoral Combat Ship, the Future USS Milwaukee" (Press release). Lockheed Martin. 27 October 2011. Retrieved 27 October 2011.
  3. ^ "Lockheed Martin-Led Team Launches Future USS Milwaukee" (Press release). Lockheed Martin. 28 December 2013. Retrieved 28 December 2013.
  4. ^ "Navy Accepts Delivery of Future USS Milwaukee (LCS 5)" (Press release). United States Navy. 16 October 2015. NNS151016-18. Retrieved 16 October 2015.
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference FOX6 News Milwaukee 2023 o400 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  6. ^ "Littoral Warfare Ship Photo Index". www.navsource.org. Retrieved 30 August 2021.
  7. ^ "Littoral Combat Ship Class – LCS". America's Navy. US Navy. Archived from the original on 19 April 2015. Retrieved 19 April 2015.
  8. ^ "LCS Littoral Combat Ship". Archived from the original on 8 August 2007. Retrieved 8 March 2009.
  9. ^ "Marinette Marine receives $376M Navy contract". The Business Journal. 18 March 2011. Retrieved 30 May 2015.
  10. ^ Mabus, Ray (18 March 2011). "Announcement of LCS 5 and LCS 7 Names" (PDF). Marinette, Wisconsin: United States Navy. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 February 2016. Retrieved 11 February 2022.