US Navy kontraherer endnu en trimaran
Det 368 millioner dollar dyre krigsskib skal dog ikke bygges i Australen, men på Austals amerikanske skibsvært i Mobile, Alabama.
Det 368 millioner dollar dyre krigsskib skal dog ikke bygges i Australen, men på Austals amerikanske skibsvært i Mobile, Alabama.
Sammenlagt planlægger den amerikanske flåde at bygge ti krigsskibe af den såkaldte Independence-klasse.
Class and type: Independence-class littoral combat ship :
Displacement: 2,176 tons light, 2,784 tons full, 608 tons deadweight[1]
Length: 127.4 m (418 ft)[1]
Beam: 31.6 m (104 ft)[1]
Draft: 13 ft (3.96 m)[1]
Propulsion: 2× MTU Friedrichshafen 20V 8000 Series diesel engines, 2x General Electric LM2500 gas turbines[3], 2x American VULKAN light weight multiple-section carbon fiber propulsion shaftlines, 4x Wärtsilä waterjets[4], retractable bow-mounted azimuth thruster, 4× diesel generators
Speed: 44 knots (51 mph; 81 km/h)[5]
Range: 4,300 nm at 18 knots[6]
Capacity: 210 metric tons (206 long tons, 231 short tons)
Complement: 40 core crew (8 officers, 32 enlisted) plus up to 35 mission crew
Sensors and processing systems: SAAB Sea GIRAFFE 3D air and surface search radar[7] Sperry Marine BridgeMaster E navigational radar AN/KAX-2 electro-optical sensor with TV and FLIR Northrop Grumman ICMS (Integrated Combat Management System)[7]
Electronic warfare and decoys: ITT Corporation ES-3601 ESM system[7] 4× SRBOC decoy launchers for chaff and infrared decoys[7] BAE Systems NULKA active radar decoy system[7]
Armament: 1x BAE Systems Mk 110 57 mm gun[8] 4× .50-cal guns (2 aft, 2 forward) 2x Mk44 Bushmaster II 30mm chain guns 1x Raytheon SeaRAM CIWS[7] Other weapons as part of mission modules
Aircraft carried: 2× MH-60R/S Seahawk MQ-8 Fire Scout