USS Milwaukee (LCS-5)

The sister ship the USS Freedom at sea
Overview
Order	December 29, 2010
Keel laying	October 27, 2011
Launch	18th December 2013
1. Period of service
Technical specifications
displacement	3000  ts
length	115.5 m
width	13.1 m
Draft	3.7 m
crew	15 to 50 permanent crew, 75 on duty
drive	two MT30 - gas turbines (each 36 MW) + 2 Colt Pielstick diesel engines
speed	47 knots

The USS Milwaukee (LCS-5) is a Littoral Combat Ship of the United States Navy and belongs Freedom Class of. It is named after the city of Milwaukee , Wisconsin .

history

The contract to build the Milwaukee was awarded on December 29, 2010 to Marinette Marine in Marinette , Wisconsin. On 27 October 2011, the keel laying took place, the ship was launched on December 18, 2013 from the stack . It is the sixth ship to be named Milwaukee . Another 30 changes were made to the predecessor ship USS Fort Worth , to the type ship USS Freedom 100. An improvement is the new drive, which reaches even higher speeds.

Web links

Commons : USS Milwaukee (LCS-5)  - Collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

• LCS-5 on Naval Vessel Register. Retrieved January 26, 2014.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Milwaukee (LCS 5) - Littoral Combat Ship. (No longer available online.) In: Naval Vessel Register. United States Navy, archived from the original on January 26, 2012 ; accessed on January 26, 2014 (English). 
2. ↑ Marinette Marine receives $ 376M Navy contract. Milwaukee Business Journal, March 18, 2011, accessed January 26, 2014 . 
3. ↑ Announcement of the name of LCS-5. In: navy.mil. United States Navy, March 18, 2011, accessed January 26, 2014 . 
4. ↑ New waterjets propel Could Littoral Combat Ship to greater speeds. ScienceDaily, February 5, 2013, accessed January 26, 2014 .