USS Cincinnati (LCS-20) explained

USS Cincinnati (LCS-20) is an of the United States Navy. She is the fifth ship to be named after Cincinnati, Ohio.[1]

Design

In 2002, the United States Navy initiated a program to develop the first of a fleet of littoral combat ships.[2] The Navy initially ordered two trimaran hulled ships from General Dynamics, which became known as the after the first ship of the class, .[2] Even-numbered U.S. Navy littoral combat ships are built using the Independence-class trimaran design, while odd-numbered ships are based on a competing design, the conventional monohull .[2] The initial order of littoral combat ships involved a total of four ships, including two of the Independence-class design.[2] On 29 December 2010, the Navy announced that it was awarding Austal USA a contract to build ten additional Independence-class littoral combat ships.[3] [4] Cincinnati has a crew of up to 40 sailors and can hold two MH-60R/S Seahawk helicopters.[5]

Construction and career

Cincinnati was christened on 7 May 2018 by former Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker[6] and commissioned on 5 October 2019. She has been assigned to Littoral Combat Ship Squadron One.[7] Cincinnati is currently stationed in San Diego, CA.[8]

Notes and References

  1. Secretary of the Navy Names Littoral Combat Ship . 19 July 2015 . NR-286-15 . U.S. Department of Defense . 20 July 2015.
  2. Web site: US Navy Fact File: Littoral Combat Ship Class – LCS . US Navy . 30 October 2015.
  3. Littoral Combat Ship Contract Award Announced . Special from Navy Office of Information . Navy News Service . NNS101229-09 . 29 December 2010 . 30 October 2015 .
  4. News: Navy Engineers LCS Changes . Osborn . Kris . 27 June 2014 . www.dodbuzz.com . Monster . 12 July 2014.
  5. Web site: 2019-10-07 . Navy launches ninth Independence class combat ship the USS Cincinnati . 2023-07-25 . War Is Boring . en-US.
  6. News: Littoral combat ship USS Cincinnati christened by Navy . . 7 May 2018 . James . LaPorta . Cincinnati councilman and former member of the U.S. Congress, David Mann, spoke at the christening, and former Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker served as the ship's sponsor. Pritzker broke a bottle of sparkling wine across the bow in keeping with time-honored Navy traditions..
  7. Web site: LCS Squadron 1. public.navy.mil.. 25 February 2018.
  8. Web site: USS Cincinnati (LCS 20) . 2023-07-25 . www.surfpac.navy.mil.

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