USS Savannah (LCS-28)

USS Savannah (LCS-28) will be an Independence-class littoral combat ship of the United States Navy.[1][4] She will be the sixth ship to be named Savannah.[4]

Sister ship USS Independence
History
United States of America
Name:	Savannah
Namesake:	Savannah, Georgia
Awarded:	23 June 2017[1]
Builder:	Austal USA[1]
Laid down:	20 September 2019[2]
Launched:	3 September 2020
Sponsored by:	Dianne Isakson
Christened:	29 August 2020[3]
Status:	Under construction
Badge:
General characteristics
Class and type:	Independence-class littoral combat ship
Displacement:	2,307 metric tons light, 3,104 metric tons full, 797 metric tons deadweight
Length:	127.4 m (418 ft)
Beam:	31.6 m (104 ft)
Draft:	14 ft (4.27 m)
Propulsion:	2× gas turbines, 2× diesel, 4× waterjets, retractable Azimuth thruster, 4× diesel generators
Speed:	40 knots (74 km/h; 46 mph)+, 47 knots (54 mph; 87 km/h) sprint
Range:	4,300 nautical miles (8,000 km; 4,900 mi) at 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph)+
Capacity:	210 tonnes
Complement:	40 core crew (8 officers, 32 enlisted) plus up to 35 mission crew
Sensors and processing systems:	Sea Giraffe 3D Surface/Air RADAR Bridgemaster-E Navigational RADAR AN/KAX-2 EO/IR sensor for GFC
Electronic warfare & decoys:	EDO ES-3601 ESM 4× SRBOC rapid bloom chaff launchers
Armament:	BAE Systems Mk 110 57 mm gun 4× .50 cal (12.7 mm) guns (2 aft, 2 forward) Evolved SeaRAM 11 cell missile launcher Mission modules
Aircraft carried:	2× MH-60R/S Seahawks MQ-8 Fire Scout

Savannah is currently being built in Mobile, Alabama by Austal USA.[5]

References

1. "Savannah (LCS-28)". Naval Vessel Register. Retrieved 15 February 2018.
2. "Navy Lays Keel of Future USS Savannah (LCS 28)" (Press release). United States Navy. 20 September 2019. NNS190920-08. Retrieved 20 September 2019.
3. "The Future USS Savannah (LCS 28) is Christened at Austal USA" (Press release). Austal USA. 29 August 2020. Retrieved 29 August 2020.
4. "Secretary of the Navy Names Two Littoral Combat Ships" (Press release). U.S. Navy. 13 February 2018. NNS180213-13. Retrieved 15 February 2018.
5. "Littoral Combat Ship Charleston (LCS 18) Completes Acceptance Trails" (Press release). Austal USA. 3 August 2018. Retrieved 20 September 2018. ...construction on Savannah (LCS 28) commenced mid-July.

• This article includes information collected from the Naval Vessel Register, which, as a U.S. government publication, is in the public domain. The entry can be found here.