USS Nantucket (LCS-27)

USS Nantucket (LCS-27) will be a Freedom-class littoral combat ship of the United States Navy.[1][3] She will be the third commissioned ship in naval service named after Nantucket.[3]

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

Shown here is sister-ship USS Freedom underway on sea trials in February 2013 before her first deployment
History
United States
Name:	Nantucket
Namesake:	Nantucket
Awarded:	6 October 2017[1]
Builder:	Marinette Marine[1]
Laid down:	9 October 2019[2]
Sponsored by:	Polly Spencer
Status:	On order
General characteristics
Class and type:	Freedom-class littoral combat ship
Length:	378 ft (115 m)
Speed:	>40 knots (46 mph; 74 km/h)

Marinette Marine was awarded the contract to build the ship on 6 October 2017.[1]

References

1. "Nantucket (LCS-27)". Naval Vessel Register. Retrieved 15 February 2018.
2. "Lockheed Martin-Led Team Begins Construction On Navy's Littoral Combat Ship, The Future USS Nantucket" (Press release). Lockheed Martin. 9 October 2019. Retrieved 9 October 2019.
3. "Secretary of the Navy Names Two Littoral Combat Ships" (Press release). U.S. Navy. 13 February 2018. NNS180213-13. Retrieved 15 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.