USS Fort Worth

USS Fort Worth on 22 November 2012
History
United States
NameFort Worth
NamesakeFort Worth
Awarded23 March 2009[1]
BuilderMarinette Marine[1][3]
Laid down11 July 2009[1][3]
Launched4 December 2010[1]
Sponsored byKay Granger[5]
Christened4 December 2010[5]
Acquired6 June 2012[1][2]
Commissioned22 September 2012[1]
HomeportSan Diego[1]
MottoGrit and Tenacity[4]
Honors and
awards
See Awards
StatusActive
Badge
General characteristics
Class and typeFreedom-class littoral combat ship
Displacement3,500 metric tons (3,900 short tons) (full load)[7]
Length387 ft (118 m)[1]
Beam58 ft (17.7 m)[1]
Draft13.0 ft (3.9 m)[1]
Propulsion2 Rolls-Royce MT30 36 MW gas turbines, 2 Colt-Pielstick diesel engines, 4 Rolls-Royce waterjets
Speed45 knots (52 mph; 83 km/h) (sea state 3)
Range3,500 nmi (6,500 km; 4,000 mi) at 18 knots (21 mph; 33 km/h)[6]
Endurance21 days (504 hours)
Boats & landing
craft carried
11 m RHIB, 40 ft (12 m) high-speed boats
Complement35–50 core crew, 75 mission crew (rotating crews)
Armament
Aircraft carried
NotesElectrical power is provided by 4 Isotta Fraschini V1708 diesel engines with Hitzinger generator units rated at 800 kW each.

USS Fort Worth (LCS-3) is a Freedom-class littoral combat ship of the United States Navy. She is the first ship to be named after Fort Worth, Texas, the 13th-largest city in the United States.

On 20 June 2020, the US Navy announced that they would be taking Fort Worth out of commission in March 2022,[8] and placing her, along with Freedom, Independence, and Coronado in reserve.[9][10]

On 18 June 2021, Naval News reported that Fort Worth would be inactivated in FY 2022 and put on the Out of Commission in Reserve (OCIR) list.

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j "USS Fort Worth (LCS-3)". Naval Vessel Register. Retrieved 25 July 2016.
  2. ^ "Navy Accepts Delivery of LCS 3". Navy News Service. 6 June 2012. Archived from the original on 27 January 2016. Retrieved 29 December 2014.
  3. ^ a b "Keel to be Laid for Third Littoral Combat Ship". Navy News Service. 10 July 2009. Archived from the original on 22 March 2012. Retrieved 30 December 2014.
  4. ^ "Littoral Warfare Ship Photo Index". www.navsource.org. Retrieved 30 August 2021.
  5. ^ a b "Navy to Christen Littoral Combat Ship Fort Worth". Navy News Service. 1 December 2010. Archived from the original on 23 January 2011. Retrieved 30 December 2014.
  6. ^ "LCS Littoral Combat Ship". Archived from the original on 8 August 2007. Retrieved 8 March 2009.
  7. ^ "Littoral Combat Ship Class - LCS". America's Navy. US Navy. Archived from the original on 19 April 2015. Retrieved 19 April 2015.
  8. ^ Shelbourne, Mallory (28 May 2021). "Navy Tries to Cut Four Littoral Combat Ships to Save $186M in FY 22 Budget". USNI News. Retrieved 5 September 2021.
  9. ^ Trevithick, Joseph (1 July 2020). "Navy Will Mothball Its First Four Littoral Combat Ships In Nine Months If Congress Lets It". thedrive.com. Retrieved 24 July 2020.
  10. ^ Larter, David B. (1 July 2020). "US Navy's first 4 littoral combat ships to leave the fleet in 9 months". DefenseNews.com. Retrieved 29 August 2020.

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