USS Oakland (LCS-24)

For other ships with the same name, see USS Oakland.
Sister ship USS Independence
History
United States of America
Name: Oakland
Namesake: City of Oakland
Awarded: 29 December 2010[1]
Builder: Austal USA[1]
Status: On order
General characteristics
Class and type: Independence-class littoral combat ship
Displacement: 2,307 metric tons light, 3,104 metric tons full, 797 metric tons deadweight
Length: 127.4 m (418 ft)
Beam: 31.6 m (104 ft)
Draft: 14 ft (4.27 m)
Propulsion: 2× gas turbines, 2× diesel, 4× waterjets, retractable Azimuth thruster, 4× diesel generators
Speed: 40 knots (74 km/h; 46 mph)+, 47 knots (54 mph; 87 km/h) sprint
Range: 4,300 nautical miles (8,000 km; 4,900 mi) at 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph)+
Capacity: 210 tonnes
Complement: 40 core crew (8 officers, 32 enlisted) plus up to 35 mission crew
Sensors and
processing systems:
  • Sea Giraffe 3D Surface/Air RADAR
  • Bridgemaster-E Navigational RADAR
  • AN/KAX-2 EO/IR sensor for GFC
Electronic warfare
& decoys:
  • EDO ES-3601 ESM
  • SRBOC rapid bloom chaff launchers
Armament:
Aircraft carried:

USS Oakland (LCS-24) will be an Independence-class littoral combat ship of the United States Navy.[1] She will be the third Navy ship to be named Oakland.[2][3] Oakland will be built in Mobile, Alabama by Austal USA.[2][3]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Oakland (LCS-24)". Naval Vessel Register. Retrieved 25 July 2016.
  2. 1 2 "Secretary of the Navy Names Littoral Combat Ship" (Press release). U.S. Department of Defense. 20 August 2015. Retrieved 20 August 2015.
  3. 1 2 Myers, Meghann (19 August 2015). "SECNAV dubs next littoral combat ship Oakland". NavyTimes. Retrieved 19 August 2015.
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