USS Santa Barbara (LCS-32)

USS Santa Barbara (LCS-32) will be an Independence-class littoral combat ship of the United States Navy.[1][2] She will be the third U.S. Navy ship to be named Santa Barbara.[2]

For other ships with the same name, see USS Santa Barbara.

Sister ship USS Independence
History
United States of America
Name:	Santa Barbara
Namesake:	Santa Barbara, California
Awarded:	18 September 2018[1]
Status:	On order
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

Santa Barbara will be built in Mobile, Alabama by Austal USA.[2]

References

1. "Santa Barbara (LCS-32)". Naval Vessel Register. Retrieved 10 October 2018.
2. "Secretary of the Navy Names Newest Independence Variant Littoral Combat Ship" (Press release). U.S. Navy. 9 October 2018. NNS181009-28. Retrieved 10 October 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.