USS Independence (LCS-2): US Navy

USS Independence (LCS-2) is the sixth ship of the United States Navy to be named for the concept of independence.
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USS Independence (#LCS2) is the lead ship of the Independence-class littoral combat ship. The design was produced by the General Dynamics consortium for the #Navy LCS program, and competes with the Lockheed Martin designed Freedom variant.

Name: USS Independence
Awarded: 14 October 2005
Builder: Austal USA
Laid down: 19 January 2006
Launched: 26 April 2008
Christened: 4 October 2008
Commissioned: 16 January 2010
Homeport: San Diego
Identification: LCS-2
Status: in active service

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× MTU Friedrichshafen 20V 8000 Series diesel engines, 2× General Electric LM2500 gas turbines, 2× American VULKAN light weight multiple-section carbon fiber propulsion shaftlines, 4× Wärtsilä waterjets, retractable bow-mounted azimuth thruster, 4× diesel generators

Speed: 44 knots (51 mph; 81 km/h)
Range: 4,300 nm at 18 knots
Capacity: 210 t (210 long tons; 230 short tons)

Complement:
43 core crew (11 officers, 32 enlisted) plus up to 35 mission crew

Sensors and processing systems:
SAAB Sea GIRAFFE 3D air and surface search radar
Sperry Marine BridgeMaster E navigational radar
AN/KAX-2 electro-optical sensor with TV and FLIR
Northrop Grumman ICMS (Integrated Combat Management System)

Electronic warfare and decoys:
ITT Corporation ES-3601 ESM system
4× SRBOC decoy launchers for chaff and infrared decoys
BAE Systems NULKA active radar decoy system

Armament:
AGM-114L Hellfire missiles
1× BAE Systems Mk 110 57 mm gun
4× .50-cal guns (2 aft, 2 forward)
1× Raytheon SeaRAM CIWS
Other weapons as part of mission modules

Aircraft carried:
2× MH-60R/S Seahawk
MQ-8 Fire Scout
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