USS Cleveland (LCS-31)

USS Cleveland (LCS-31) will be a Freedom-class littoral combat ship of the United States Navy.[4] She will be the fourth commissioned ship in naval service named after Cleveland, the second-largest city in Ohio.[5]

For other ships with the same name, see USS Cleveland.
Sister-ship USS Freedom underway on sea trials in February 2013
History
United States
NameCleveland
NamesakeCity of Cleveland
Awarded15 January 2019[1]
BuilderMarinette Marine
Laid down16 June 2021[2]
Sponsored byRobyn Modly
IdentificationHull number: LCS-31
MottoForge a Legacy[3]
StatusUnder construction
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General characteristics
Class and typeFreedom-class littoral combat ship
Displacement3,410 metric tons (3,760 short tons) full load[1]
Length388 ft (118 m)[1]
Beam58 ft (18 m)[1]
Draft14 ft (4.3 m)[1]
Speed>40 knots (46 mph; 74 km/h)
Complement9 officers, 41 enlisted[1]

Design

In 2002, the US Navy initiated a program to develop the first of a fleet of littoral combat ships.[6] The Navy initially ordered two monohull ships from Lockheed Martin, which became known as the Freedom-class littoral combat ships after the first ship of the class, USS Freedom.[6][7] Odd-numbered US Navy littoral combat ships are built using the Freedom-class monohull design, while even-numbered ships are based on a competing design, the trimaran hull Independence-class littoral combat ship from General Dynamics.[6] The initial order of littoral combat ships involved a total of four ships, including two of the Freedom-class design.[6] Cleveland will be the sixteenth Freedom-class littoral combat ship to be built.

Construction and Career

Marinette Marine was awarded the contract to build the ship on 15 January 2019.[1]

References
  1. "Cleveland (LCS-31)". Naval Vessel Register. Retrieved 8 May 2019.
  2. "Team Freedom Lays Keel For Future USS Cleveland (LCS 31)" (Press release). Lockheed Martin. 17 June 2021. Retrieved 17 June 2021.
  3. "USS Cleveland (LCS 31)". The Institute of Heraldry. U.S. Army. 21 September 2022. Retrieved 27 December 2022.
  4. "Navy Statement on Littoral Combat Ship" (Press release). NAVSEA. 15 January 2019. Retrieved 8 May 2019.
  5. Tim Ryan (19 February 2019). "Congressman Tim Ryan Announces Details on Forthcoming USS Cleveland" (Press release). United States House of Representatives. Retrieved 25 March 2019.
  6. "US Navy Fact File: Littoral Combat Ship Class – LCS". US Navy. Archived from the original on 2 March 2015. Retrieved 30 October 2015.
  7. O'Rourke, Ronald (4 May 2010). "Navy Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) Program: Background, Issues, and Options for Congress" (PDF). Congressional Research Service. Archived (PDF) from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 30 December 2014.
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