USS Augusta (LCS-34)

USS Augusta (LCS-34) will be an Independence-class littoral combat ship of the United States Navy. She will be the second ship to be named for Augusta, Maine.[1][2]

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

Sister ship USS Independence
History
United States of America
Name:	Augusta
Namesake:	Augusta, Maine
Awarded:	18 September 2018[1]
Builder:	Austal USA
Status:	Authorized
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
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 (12.7 mm) guns (2 aft, 2 forward) Evolved SeaRAM 11 cell missile launcher Mission modules
Aircraft carried:	2× MH-60R/S Seahawks MQ-8 Fire Scout

Augusta will be built in Mobile, Alabama by Austal USA.

References

1. "Augusta (LCS-34)". Naval Vessel Register. Retrieved 31 January 2019.
2. "Secretary of the Navy Names Independence Variant Littoral Combat Ship After Capital of Maine" (Press release). United States Navy. 31 January 2019. NNS190131-10. Retrieved 31 January 2019.

• This article includes information collected from the Naval Vessel Register, which, as a U.S. government publication, is in the public domain. The entry can be found here.