USS Nantucket (LCS-27) is a Freedom-class littoral combat ship of the United States Navy. She is the third commissioned ship in naval service named after Nantucket.
Design
In 2002, the Navy initiated a program to develop the first of a fleet of littoral combat ships. The Navy initially ordered two monohull ships from Lockheed Martin, which became known as the Freedom-class littoral combat ships after the first ship of the class, USS Freedom. Odd-numbered U.S. Navy littoral combat ships are built using the Freedom-class monohull design, while even-numbered ships are based on a competing design, the trimaran hull Independence-class littoral combat ship from General Dynamics. The initial order of littoral combat ships involved a total of four ships, including two of the Freedom-class design. Nantucket is the 14th Freedom-class littoral combat ship to be built.
Construction and career
Marinette Marine was awarded the contract to build the ship on 6 October 2017.
The ship was christened on 7 August 2021 and launched into the Menominee River. Her sponsor was Polly Spencer, wife of Richard V. Spencer, former Secretary of the Navy.
Nantucket was commissioned on 16 November 2024 at Charlestown Navy Yard in Boston under the command of Commander Angela Eickelmann. At the time it was commissioned, the ship's home port was identified as Naval Station Mayport near Jacksonville, Florida.
Sources
- 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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