USS Canberra (LCS-30)

USS Canberra (LCS-30) will be an Independence-class littoral combat ship of the United States Navy.[1][3] She will be the second US ship to be named Canberra, after the ship HMAS Canberra which in turn was named after the Australian capital city.[3] Canberra will be built in Mobile, Alabama by Austal USA.[2]

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

Sister ship USS Independence
History
United States of America
Name: Canberra
Namesake: HMAS Canberra and the City of Canberra
Awarded: 6 October 2017[1]
Builder: Austal USA[1]
Laid down: 10 March 2020
Sponsored by: Marise Payne[2]
Status: Under construction
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

References
  1. "Canberra (LCS-30)". Naval Vessel Register. Retrieved 28 February 2018.
  2. "US Navy to name LCS 30 after Australian WWII cruiser HMAS Canberra". Naval Today. 26 February 2018. Retrieved 28 February 2018.
  3. Brown, Andrew (24 February 2018). "Donald Trump announces newest US warship to be named after Canberra". The Canberra Times. Fairfax Media. Retrieved 28 February 2018.
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