USS Detroit on 30 April 2018
History
United States
NameDetroit
NamesakeDetroit
Awarded17 March 2011[1]
BuilderMarinette Marine[1]
Laid down8 November 2012[2]
Launched18 October 2014[3]
Sponsored byMrs. Barbara Levin
Christened18 October 2014
Acquired12 August 2016[4]
Commissioned22 October 2016[5]
Decommissioned29 September 2023
HomeportNaval Station Mayport[1]
Identification
MottoSwift Vigilance
StatusStricken, Final Disposition Pending[1]
Badge
General characteristics
Class and typeFreedom-class littoral combat ship
Displacement3,500 metric tons (3,900 short tons) full load[6]
Length378.3 ft (115.3 m)[1]
Beam57.4 ft (17.5 m)[1]
Draft13.0 ft (3.7 m)[1]
Propulsion2 Rolls-Royce MT30 36 MW gas turbines, 2 Colt-Pielstick diesel engines, 4 Rolls-Royce waterjets
Speed40 knots (46 mph; 74 km/h) (sea state 3)
Range3,500 nmi (6,500 km) at 18 knots (21 mph; 33 km/h)[7]
Endurance21 days (336 hours)
Boats & landing
craft carried		11 m RHIB, 40 ft (12 m) high-speed boats
Complement15 to 50 core crew, 75 mission crew (Blue and Gold 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 Detroit (LCS-7) is the fourth Freedom-class littoral combat ship of the United States Navy.[8] She is the sixth ship to be named after the city of Detroit, Michigan.[1][9]

Design

In 2002, the U.S. Navy initiated a program to develop the first of a fleet of littoral combat ships.[10] 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.[10][11] 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.[10] The initial order of littoral combat ships involved a total of four ships, including two of the Freedom-class design.[10]  Detroit is the fourth Freedom-class littoral combat ship to be built.

Detroit includes additional stability improvements over the original Freedom design; the stern transom was lengthened and buoyancy tanks were added to the stern to increase weight service and enhance stability.[12] The ship will also feature automated sensors to allow "conditions-based maintenance" and reduce crew overwork and fatigue issues that Freedom had on her first deployment.[13]

Construction and career

Commissioning of Detroit on 22 October 2016

The ceremonial “laying of the keel” was in early November 2012 at the Marinette Marine shipyards in Marinette, Wisconsin.[14] The ship was launched on 18 October 2014.[3] The US Navy accepted Detroit into service on 12 August 2016; the ship was commissioned on 22 October 2016.[15][5] She is assigned to Littoral Combat Ship Squadron Two. The ship is sponsored by Mrs. Barbara Levin[3] (Wife of Senator Carl Levin)

On 30 December 2016, Detroit participated in a homeport shift ceremony that took place at Naval Station Mayport. The ship was previously scheduled to be based out of Naval Base San Diego but was reassigned while enroute.[16]

On 13 January 2017, Detroit completed her first flight deck evolutions to certify the flight deck for future air operations. The landings and VERTREP were conducted by the "World Famous Swamp Foxes" of HSM-74. On 8 March 2017, Detroit fired a vertical-launched AGM-114 Hellfire missile, the first such launch from a littoral combat ship.[17] The Hellfire system is meant to engage small vessels and strike targets on land.

In January 2020, Detroit conducted freedom of navigation and intelligence-gathering operations in the Caribbean Sea.[18]

Detroit, the fourth ship of the Freedom-class, was planned to be inactivated in FY 2022, and to join the Out of Commission in Reserve (OCIR) list, along with three other ships in the class: Freedom, Fort Worth, and Little Rock.[19] However, in the final 2022 budget, Congress blocked the Navy's request to retire the three ships.[20]

On 29 September 2023, Detroit was decommissioned at Mayport.[21][22]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "USS Detroit (LCS-7)". Naval Vessel Register. Retrieved 30 December 2016.
  2. ↑ "Nation's Seventh Littoral Combat Ship Takes Shape as Lockheed Martin Team Lays The Keel" (Press release). Lockheed Martin. 8 November 2012. Retrieved 8 November 2012.
  3. 1 2 3 "Lockheed Martin-Led Team Launches Future USS Detroit" (Press release). Lockheed Martin. 18 November 2014. Retrieved 18 November 2014.
  4. ↑ "Navy Accepts Delivery of Future USS Detroit (LCS 7)" (Press release). United States Navy. 15 August 2016. NNS160815-23. Retrieved 15 August 2016.
  5. 1 2 "USS Detroit Commissioned in Namesake City" (Press release). United States Navy. 24 October 2016. NNS161024-01. Retrieved 24 October 2016.
  6. ↑ "Littoral Combat Ship Class (LCS)". America's Navy. U.S. Navy. Archived from the original on 19 April 2015. Retrieved 19 April 2015.
  7. ↑ "LCS Littoral Combat Ship". Program Executive Office, Ships. Archived from the original on 8 August 2007. Retrieved 8 March 2009.
  8. ↑ "Marinette Marine receives $376M Navy contract". Milwaukee Business Journal. 18 March 2011. Retrieved 19 April 2015.
  9. ↑ "Announcement of LCS 5 and LCS 7 Names" (PDF). United States Navy. 18 March 2011. Retrieved 19 April 2015.
  10. 1 2 3 4 "US Navy Fact File: Littoral Combat Ship Class – LCS". US Navy. Archived from the original on 2 March 2015. Retrieved 30 October 2015.
  11. ↑ O'Rourke, Ronald (4 May 2010). "Navy Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) Program: Background, Issues, and Options for Congress" (PDF). Congressional Research Service. Archived (PDF) from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 30 December 2014.
  12. ↑ Osborn, Kris (27 June 2014). "Navy Engineers LCS Changes". www.dodbuzz.com. Monster. Archived from the original on 29 April 2015. Retrieved 12 July 2014.
  13. ↑ Freedberg Jr., Sydney J. (4 April 2014). "Sleepless In Singapore: LCS Is Undermanned & Overworked, Says GAO". breakingdefense.com. Breaking Media, Inc. Archived from the original on 10 July 2015. Retrieved 30 December 2014.
  14. ↑ Levin, Carl (9 November 2012). "USS Detroit Is Important to a City and a Nation". levin.senate.gov. Archived from the original on 11 December 2012. Retrieved 29 November 2012.
  15. ↑ "Navy accepts new Littoral Combat Ship". Spacewar.com.
  16. ↑ Daraskevich J (30 December 2016). "Mayport Officials Welcome 2 New Littoral Combat Ships". Florida Times Union. Retrieved 30 December 2016.
  17. ↑ Maass, Ryan (8 March 2017). "U.S. Navy test fires surface to surface missile module". upi.com.
  18. ↑ Woody, Christopher (31 January 2020). "A US warship sailed along Venezuela's cost to gather intelligence and send a message to Maduro". Business Insider.
  19. ↑ Manaranche, Martin (18 June 2021). "U.S. Navy Issues FY22 Shipbuilding And Decommissioning Totals To Congress". Naval News. Retrieved 18 June 2021.
  20. ↑ LaGrone, Sam (10 March 2022). "Last Minute FY 22 $728.5B Defense Bill Funds 13 Navy Ships, 12 F/A-18s; Saves 3 LCS From Decommissioning". news.usni.org. Retrieved 28 April 2022.
  21. ↑ "Navy to Decommission Littoral Combat Ships USS Little Rock, USS Detroit This Week". usni.org. 27 September 2023. Retrieved 30 September 2023.
  22. ↑ "News Release – USS Detroit (LCS 7) Decommissions". DVIDS. 22 October 2016. Retrieved 29 September 2023.
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