USS Cincinnati (LCS-20)

USS Cincinnati (LCS-20) is an Independence-class littoral combat ship of the United States Navy.[1] She is the fifth ship to be named after Cincinnati, Ohio.[6]

Cincinnati in the Gulf of Mexico on 10 February 2019
History
United States
Name:	Cincinnati
Namesake:	Cincinnati, Ohio
Awarded:	29 December 2010[1]
Builder:	Austal USA[1]
Laid down:	10 April 2017[2]
Launched:	22 May 2018
Sponsored by:	Penny Pritzker
Christened:	6 May 2018[3]
Acquired:	21 June 2019[4]
Commissioned:	5 October 2019[5]
Identification:	MMSI number: 368926
Motto:	Strength in Unity
Status:	Active
Badge:
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 4× SRBOC rapid bloom chaff launchers
Armament:	BAE Systems Mk 110 57 mm gun 4× .50 cal (12.7 mm) guns (2 aft, 2 forward) Evolved SeaRAM 11 cell missile launcher Mission modules
Aircraft carried:	2× MH-60R/S Seahawks MQ-8 Fire Scout

Cincinnati was christened on 7 May 2018 by former Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker[7] and commissioned on 5 October 2019.[5] She has been assigned to Littoral Combat Ship Squadron One.[8]

References

1. "Cincinnati (LCS-20)". Naval Vessel Register. Retrieved 25 July 2016.
2. "Navy Lays Keel of Future USS Cincinnati (LCS 20)" (Press release). United States Navy. 17 April 2017. Retrieved 17 April 2017.
3. "Austal hosts christening for LCS 20" (Press release). Austal. 6 May 2018. Retrieved 6 May 2018.
4. "Navy Accepts Delivery of Future USS Cincinnati (LCS 20)" (Press release). NAVSEA. 21 June 2019. Retrieved 21 June 2019.
5. "Navy Commissions Newest Littoral Combat Ship - USS Cincinnati (LCS 20)" (Press release). United States Navy. 8 October 2019. NNS191008-09. Retrieved 8 October 2019.
6. "Secretary of the Navy Names Littoral Combat Ship" (Press release). U.S. Department of Defense. 19 July 2015. Retrieved 20 July 2015.
7. LaPorta, James (7 May 2018). "Littoral combat ship USS Cincinnati christened by Navy". UPI. Cincinnati councilman and former member of the U.S. Congress, David Mann, spoke at the christening, and former Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker served as the ship's sponsor. Pritzker broke a bottle of sparkling wine across the bow in keeping with time-honored Navy traditions.
8. "LCS Squadron 1". public.navy.mil. Retrieved 25 February 2018.

• 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.