USS Fort Worth (LCS-3)
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USS Fort Worth (LCS-3) will be a Freedom class
littoral combat ship
of the United States Navy
. She will be the first ship to be named after Fort Worth, Texas
, the 16th-largest city in the United States.
Her name was announced March 6, 2009. This was after a long public relations campaign by United States Representative Kay Granger
, former Deputy Defense Secretary Gordon England, and others. The ship will be built by Lockheed-Martin.
Her keel was laid on July 11, 2009 during a ceremony at Marinette Marine
Shipyard in Marinette, Wisconsin
.
Fort Worth includes additional stability improvements to deal with issues found on Freedom. Lockheed Martin announced on June 15, 2010 that the ship was at its halfway point in construction was on schedule to be delivered to the Navy in 2012.
The 80% completed ship was launched by its contractor on 4 December 2010. The vessel underwent sea trials in Lake Michigan during late 2011, with the completion of these trials announced on 24 October 2011, leaving only acceptance trials before Fort Worths entry into service in 2012.
The improvements to the ship include a lengthened hull, which makes her faster than Freedom and ten percent more fuel efficient.
Freedom class littoral combat ship
The Freedom class is a class of littoral combat ships built for the United States Navy.The Freedom class was proposed by Lockheed Martin as a contender for USN plans to build a fleet of small, multipurpose warships to operate in the littoral zone...
littoral combat ship
Littoral combat ship
A Littoral Combat Ship is a type of relatively small surface vessel intended for operations in the littoral zone . It is "envisioned to be a networked, agile, stealthy surface combatant capable of defeating anti-access and asymmetric threats in the littorals." Two ship classes are the first...
of the United States Navy
United States Navy
The United States Navy is the naval warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the seven uniformed services of the United States. The U.S. Navy is the largest in the world; its battle fleet tonnage is greater than that of the next 13 largest navies combined. The U.S...
. She will be the first ship to be named after Fort Worth, Texas
Fort Worth, Texas
Fort Worth is the 16th-largest city in the United States of America and the fifth-largest city in the state of Texas. Located in North Central Texas, just southeast of the Texas Panhandle, the city is a cultural gateway into the American West and covers nearly in Tarrant, Parker, Denton, and...
, the 16th-largest city in the United States.
Her name was announced March 6, 2009. This was after a long public relations campaign by United States Representative Kay Granger
Kay Granger
Kay Granger , a Republican politician from the U.S. state of Texas, currently represents the 12th congressional district in the U.S...
, former Deputy Defense Secretary Gordon England, and others. The ship will be built by Lockheed-Martin.
Her keel was laid on July 11, 2009 during a ceremony at Marinette Marine
Marinette Marine
Marinette Marine Corporation is a shipbuilding firm in Marinette, Wisconsin. MMC was a subsidiary of Manitowoc Marine Group, also in Wisconsin, but was sold to Fincantieri Marine Group in 2009...
Shipyard in Marinette, Wisconsin
Marinette, Wisconsin
Marinette is a city in and the county seat of Marinette County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 11,749 at the 2000 census.Marinette is the principal city of the Marinette, WI–MI Micropolitan Statistical Area, which includes all of Marinette County, Wisconsin and Menominee...
.
Fort Worth includes additional stability improvements to deal with issues found on Freedom. Lockheed Martin announced on June 15, 2010 that the ship was at its halfway point in construction was on schedule to be delivered to the Navy in 2012.
The 80% completed ship was launched by its contractor on 4 December 2010. The vessel underwent sea trials in Lake Michigan during late 2011, with the completion of these trials announced on 24 October 2011, leaving only acceptance trials before Fort Worths entry into service in 2012.
The improvements to the ship include a lengthened hull, which makes her faster than Freedom and ten percent more fuel efficient.