USS Cleveland (LCS-31)
USS Cleveland (LCS-31) will be a Freedom-class littoral combat ship of the United States Navy.[3] She will be the fourth commissioned ship in naval service named after Cleveland, the second-largest city in Ohio.[4] Marinette Marine was awarded the contract to build the ship on 15 January 2019.[1]
 Shown here is sister-ship USS Freedom underway on sea trials in February 2013 before her first deployment | |
| History | |
|---|---|
 United States | |
| Name | Cleveland |
| Namesake | Cleveland |
| Awarded | 15 January 2019[1] |
| Builder | Marinette Marine |
| Laid down | 16 June 2021[2] |
| Sponsored by | Robyn Modly |
| Identification | Hull number: LCS-31 |
| Status | Under construction |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Freedom-class littoral combat ship |
| Displacement | 3,410 metric tons (3,760 short tons) full load[1] |
| Length | 388 ft (118 m)[1] |
| Beam | 58 ft (18 m)[1] |
| Draft | 14 ft (4.3 m)[1] |
| Speed | >40 knots (46 mph; 74 km/h) |
| Complement | 9 officers, 41 enlisted[1] |
References
- "Cleveland (LCS-31)". Naval Vessel Register. Retrieved 8 May 2019.
- "Team Freedom Lays Keel For Future USS Cleveland (LCS 31)" (Press release). Lockheed Martin. 17 June 2021. Retrieved 17 June 2021.
- "Navy Statement on Littoral Combat Ship" (Press release). NAVSEA. 15 January 2019. Retrieved 8 May 2019.
- 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.
- 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.
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