USS Sioux City

USS Sioux City (LCS-11) is a Freedom-class littoral combat ship of the United States Navy. She is the first ship named after Sioux City, the fourth-largest city in Iowa.[7][8] The ceremonial “laying of the keel” was on 19 February 2014, at Marinette, Wisconsin.[2] The ship was constructed by Fincantieri Marinette Marine and launched on 30 January 2016 after being christened by her sponsor Mary Winnefield, wife of Admiral James A. Winnefeld Jr., USN.[9][10]

For ships with a similar name, see USS Sioux.
Sioux City underway on the Severn River, Maryland
History
United States
Name: Sioux City
Namesake: Sioux City, Iowa
Awarded: 16 March 2012[1]
Builder: Marinette Marine[1]
Laid down: 19 February 2014[1][2]
Launched: 30 January 2016[1]
Sponsored by: Mary Winnefield
Acquired: 22 August 2018[3]
Commissioned: 17 November 2018[4]
Identification: MMSI number: 369970968
Motto: Forging a New Frontier
Status: In active service
Badge:
General characteristics
Class and type: Freedom-class littoral combat ship
Displacement: 3,500 metric tons (3,900 short tons) full load[5]
Length: 378.3 ft (115.3 m)
Beam: 57.4 ft (17.5 m)
Draft: 13 ft (4.0 m)
Propulsion: 2 Rolls-Royce MT30 36 MW gas turbines, 2 Colt-Pielstick diesel engines, 4 Rolls-Royce waterjets
Speed: 45 knots (52 mph; 83 km/h) (sea state 3)
Range: 3,500 nmi (6,500 km) at 18 knots (21 mph; 33 km/h)[6]1,500 nmi (2,800 km) at 50 knots (58 mph; 93 km/h), 4,300 nmi (8,000 km) at 20 knots (23 mph; 37 km/h) -->
Endurance: 21 days (336 hours)
Boats & landing
craft carried:		 11 m RHIB, 40 ft (12 m) high-speed boats
Complement: 15 to 50 core crew, 75 mission crew (Blue and Gold crews)
Armament:
Aircraft carried:
  • 2 MH-60R/S Seahawks
  • MQ-8 Fire Scout
Notes: Electrical power is provided by 4 Isotta Fraschini V1708 diesel engines with Hitzinger generator units rated at 800 kW each.

Sioux City was delivered to the Navy by Lockheed Martin and the Marinette Marine shipyard on 22 August 2018 along with sister ship Wichita in a double delivery.[3] The ship was commissioned at the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland on 17 November 2018,[4] and then assigned to Littoral Combat Ship Squadron Two. Sioux City will be assigned to the Fifth Fleet in the Persian Gulf.[11]

References
  1. "Sioux City (LCS-11)". Naval Vessel Register. Retrieved 25 July 2016.
  2. "Lockheed Martin-Led Team Lays Keel on Nation's Eleventh Littoral Combat Ship" (Press release). Lockheed Martin. 19 February 2014. Retrieved 30 June 2015.
  3. "Navy Accepts Delivery of Future USS Sioux City and USS Wichita" (Press release). United States Navy. 23 August 2018. NNS180823-09. Retrieved 23 August 2018.
  4. Maldonado, Amaia (17 November 2018). "USS Sioux City (LCS 11) is "Brought to Life" at the U.S. Naval Academy" (Press release). U.S. Navy. Retrieved 17 November 2018.
  5. "Littoral Combat Ship Class - LCS". America's Navy. US Navy. Retrieved 19 April 2015.
  6. "US Navy Fact File: LITTORAL COMBAT SHIP CLASS – LCS". Retrieved 17 June 2012.
  7. "Navy Names Five New Ships" (Press release). U.S. Department of Defense. 15 February 2012. 109-12. Retrieved 28 June 2015.
  8. Hayworth, Bret (15 February 2012). "U.S. Navy Names New Ship USS Sioux City". Sioux City Journal. Retrieved 19 April 2015.
  9. "Sponsor brings life to USS Sioux City". siouxcityjournal.com. 12 November 2018. Retrieved 2 March 2019.
  10. "Lockheed Martin-Led Team Launches Future USS Sioux City" (Press release). Lockheed Martin. 30 January 2016. Retrieved 31 January 2016.
  11. "Sioux City commissioning". capitalgazette.com. 15 November 2017. Retrieved 19 January 2018.

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