USS Detroit (LCS-7)

USS Detroit (LCS-7) is the fourth Freedom-class littoral combat ship of the United States Navy.[8] The ceremonial “laying of the keel” was in early November 2012 at the Marinette Marine shipyards in Marinette, Wisconsin.[9] The ship was launched on 18 October 2014.[3]

For other ships with the same name, see USS Detroit.

USS Detroit during her acceptance trials
History
United States
Name: Detroit
Namesake: Detroit, Michigan
Awarded: 17 March 2011[1]
Builder: Marinette Marine[1]
Laid down: 8 November 2012[2]
Launched: 18 October 2014[3]
Sponsored by: Mrs. Barbara Levin[3] (Wife of Senator Carl Levin)
Christened: 18 October 2014
Acquired: 12 August 2016[4]
Commissioned: 22 October 2016[5]
Homeport: Naval Station Mayport[1]
Identification: MMSI number: 369970708
Status: Active
Badge:
General characteristics
Class and type: Freedom-class littoral combat ship
Displacement: 3,500 metric tons (3,900 short tons) full load[6]
Length: 378.3 ft (115.3 m)[1]
Beam: 57.4 ft (17.5 m)[1]
Draft: 13.0 ft (3.7 m)[1]
Propulsion: 2 Rolls-Royce MT30 36 MW gas turbines, 2 Colt-Pielstick diesel engines, 4 Rolls-Royce waterjets
Speed: 40 knots (46 mph; 74 km/h) (sea state 3)
Range: 3,500 nmi (6,500 km) at 18 knots (21 mph; 33 km/h)[7]
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:
Notes: Electrical power is provided by 4 Isotta Fraschini V1708 diesel engines with Hitzinger generator units rated at 800 kW each.

The US Navy accepted Detroit into service on 12 August 2016; the ship was commissioned on 22 October 2016.[10][5] She is assigned to Littoral Combat Ship Squadron Two.

Service history

On 30 December 2016, Detroit participated in a homeport shift ceremony that took place at Naval Station Mayport. The ship was previously based out of Naval Base San Diego.[11] On 13 January 2017, Detroit completed her first flight deck evolutions to certify the flight deck for future air operations. The landings and VERTREP were conducted by the "World Famous Swamp Foxes" of HSM-74.

On 8 March 2017, Detroit fired a vertical-launched AGM-114 Hellfire missile, the first such launch from a littoral combat ship.[12] The Hellfire system is meant to engage small vessels and strike targets on land.

In January 2020, Detroit conducted freedom of navigation and intelligence-gathering operations in the Caribbean Sea.[13]

Namesake
USS Detroit with its namesake in the background

Detroit is the sixth ship to be named after the city of Detroit, Michigan.[1][14]

References
  1. "USS Detroit (LCS-7)". Naval Vessel Register. Retrieved 30 December 2016.
  2. "Nation's Seventh Littoral Combat Ship Takes Shape as Lockheed Martin Team Lays The Keel" (Press release). Lockheed Martin. 8 November 2012. Retrieved 8 November 2012.
  3. "Lockheed Martin-Led Team Launches Future USS Detroit" (Press release). Lockheed Martin. 18 November 2014. Retrieved 18 November 2014.
  4. "Navy Accepts Delivery of Future USS Detroit (LCS 7)" (Press release). United States Navy. 15 August 2016. NNS160815-23. Retrieved 15 August 2016.
  5. "USS Detroit Commissioned in Namesake City" (Press release). United States Navy. 24 October 2016. NNS161024-01. Retrieved 24 October 2016.
  6. "Littoral Combat Ship Class (LCS)". America's Navy. U.S. Navy. Retrieved 19 April 2015.
  7. "LCS Littoral Combat Ship". Program Executive Office, Ships. Archived from the original on 8 August 2007. Retrieved 8 March 2009.
  8. "Marinette Marine receives $376M Navy contract". Milwaukee Business Journal. 18 March 2011. Retrieved 19 April 2015.
  9. Levin, Carl (9 November 2012). "USS Detroit Is Important to a City and a Nation". levin.senate.gov. Archived from the original on 11 December 2012. Retrieved 29 November 2012.
  10. "Navy accepts new Littoral Combat Ship". Spacewar.com.
  11. Daraskevich J (30 December 2016). "Mayport Officials Welcome 2 New Littoral Combat Ships". Florida Times Union. Retrieved 30 December 2016.
  12. Maass, Ryan (8 March 2017). "U.S. Navy test fires surface to surface missile module". upi.com.
  13. Woody, Christopher (31 January 2020). "A US warship sailed along Venezuela's cost to gather intelligence and send a message to Maduro". Business Insider.
  14. "Announcement of LCS 5 and LCS 7 Names" (PDF). United States Navy. 18 March 2011. Retrieved 19 April 2015.


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