USS Freedom Fact Sheet

Description: LCS is a fast, agile, focused-mission platform designed for operation in near-shore environments yet capable of open-ocean operation. It is designed to defeat asymmetric “anti-access” threats such as mines, quiet diesel submarines and fast surface craft.

Features: The LCS 1 FREEDOM class consists of a semiplaning monohull designed and built by Lockheed Martin. This seaframe will be outfitted with reconfigurable payloads, called Mission Packages, which can be changed out quickly. Mission packages are supported by special detachments that will deploy manned and unmanned vehicles and sensors in support of mine, undersea and surface warfare missions.

Background: Initiated in February 2002, the LCS program represents a significant reduction in time to acquire, design and build ships in comparison to any previous ship class. LCS 1, USS FREEDOM, the first Lockheed Martin Flight 0 ship is under construction at Marinette Marine in Marinette, Wisconsin. 

General Characteristics:

 

Displacement:

3,089 tons, full load

 

Dimensions, feet
(metres):

379.0 × 43.0 × 12.8
(115.5 × 13.1 × 3.9)

 

Main machinery:

CODAG: 2 Rolls Royce MT-30 gas turbines; 96,550 hp (72 MW); 2 Fairbanks Morse Colt-Pielstick 16PA6B diesels; 17,160 hp (12.8 MW); 4 Rolls Royce Kamewa 153SII waterjets

 

Speed, knots:

45

 

Range, n miles:

3,500 at 18 kt

 

Complement: :

50

 

Missiles:

Raytheon RAM

 

Guns:

1 United Defence 57 mm/70 Mk 2; 220 rds/min to 17 km (9 n miles); weight of shell 2.4 kg. 4-12.7 mm MGs

 

Countermeasures:

2 SKWS/SRBOC decoy launching systems. WBR 2000 ESM

 

Combat data systems:

COMBATSS-21

 

Weapons control:

To be announced

 

Radars: Air/surface search:

EADS TRS-3D; C-band

 

Navigation:

NAVSSI/GPS/WSN7V

 

Fire control:

DORNA EOD EO/IR System

 

Sonars:

None

 

Helicopters:

2 MH-60 R/S helicopters or 1 MH-60 R/S and 3 Firescout VTUAVs