The Independence-variant Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) is a high-speed, shallow draft multi-mission ship capable of operating independently or as part of a battle group.
The LCS provides the Navy a lethal platform to conduct littoral and open ocean operations. With recent lethality upgrades, to include the Naval Strike Missile, the LCS is conducting a broader range of missions in the western Pacific, including Freedom of Navigation operations. These ships are designed to defeat growing littoral threats and provide access and dominance along coastal waters. A fast, maneuverable, and networked sur face-combatant, LCS provides the required war fighting capabilities and operational flexibility to execute focused missions such as surface warfare, mine warfare and anti-submarine warfare.
Fast & Stable
- Speed: 40+ Knots
- Flight Operation Capability: 2x H-60 Helicopters
- Mission Bay Size: 18,000 SF
Capabilities
Lethal and survivable small surface combatant
- One-third the cost of large combatants
- Fills warfighting gaps in littorals and strategic choke points globally
High volume, stable seakeeping platform
- Reconfigurable mission bay supports containerized systems and unmanned surface/subsurface systems
- Largest flight deck on any surface combatant (area for 2 MH-60)
Fuel efficient, high speed hullform
- Long, slender, displacement hull slices efficiently through the water at any speed
- Capable of speeds over 20 kts using only the modern, fuel efficient diesel engines – long endurance
Open architecture provides mission capability insertion
- Flexible, common, modular mission packages
Volume to add lethality upgrades without changing hullform
Specifications
| Hull | Trimaran |
| Length | 419 feet (127.7 meters) |
| Beam | 104 feet (31.7 meters) |
| Draft | 14 feet (4.26 meters) |
| Speed | 40+ knots |
| Mission Bay | 18,000 SF (1,672.25 SM) |
| Hangar | up to 2x H-60 |
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