USS Kansas City (LCS-22)

USS Kansas City (LCS-22) is an Independence-class littoral combat ship of the United States Navy. She is the third ship to be named for Kansas City, the largest city in the U.S. state of Missouri.[7]

For other ships with the same name, see USS Kansas City.

USS Kansas City (LCS-22) at Naval Base San Diego
History
United States
Name:	Kansas City
Namesake:	Kansas City, Missouri
Awarded:	29 December 2010[1]
Builder:	Austal USA[1]
Laid down:	15 November 2017[1]
Launched:	19 October 2018[2]
Sponsored by:	Tracy Davidson[3]
Christened:	22 September 2018[4]
Acquired:	12 February 2020[5]
Commissioned:	20 June 2020[6]
Homeport:	Naval Base San Diego
Identification:	MMSI number: 368872000
Motto:	United We Stand, Divided We Fall
Status:	Active
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
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:	41 core crew (9 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

Kansas City was built in Mobile, Alabama by Austal USA. The ship was christened on 22 September 2018 in Mobile, Alabama,[4] and sponsored by Tracy Davidson, wife of Admiral Philip S. Davidson.[3] She was launched 19 October 2018 into the Mobile River.[2]

Kansas City was commissioned on 20 June 2020[6] and she has been assigned to Littoral Combat Ship Squadron One.[8]

References

1. "Kansas City (LCS-22)". Naval Vessel Register. Retrieved 25 July 2016.
2. "USS Kansas City released into Mobile River". kshb.com. 19 October 2018. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
3. "USS Kansas City named by Navy official who threw a first pitch at The K. Coincidence?". kansascity.com. 18 September 2018. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
4. "Austal USA Celebrates the Christening of Kansas City (LCS 22)" (Press release). Austal USA. 22 September 2018. Retrieved 22 September 2018.
5. "Navy Accepts Delivery of Future USS Kansas City (LCS 22)" (Press release). United States Navy. 13 February 2020. NNS200213-01. Retrieved 13 February 2020.
6. "Littoral Combat Ship USS Kansas City Joins Fleet" (Press release). United States Navy. 20 June 2020. NNS200620-01. Retrieved 20 June 2020.
7. "Secretary of the Navy Names Littoral Combat Ship" (Press release). U.S. Department of Defense. 20 July 2015. NR-288-15. Retrieved 11 September 2016.
8. "LCS Squadron 1". public.navy.mil. Retrieved 25 February 2018.

• 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.