USS Montgomery (LCS-8)

Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) / Corvette Warship [ 2016 ]

USS Montgomery LCS-8 represents the forth warship to carry the Montgomery name for the United States Navy - she was commissioned in 2016.

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USS Montgomery made the news on October 4th. 2016 when a tug collided with the new warship during the escape from Hurricane Matthew. A crack developed at midships as well as other related nearby damage to the hull. The warship escaped with on-the-spot repairs in place but more formal repairs were ordered to deal with leaking.©MilitaryFactory.com

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Specifications

Service Year

2016

Origin

United States

Complement

75
PERSONNEL

Class

Independence-class

Number-in-Class

13
VESSELS

Ships-in-Class

USS Indepedence (LCS-2); USS Cornado (LCS-4); USS Jackson (LCS-6); USS Montgomery (LCS-); USS Gabrielle Giffords (LCS-10); USS Omaha (LCS-12); USS Manchester (LCS-14); USS Tulsa (LCS-16); USS Charleston (LCS-18); USS Cincinnati (LCS-20); USS Kansas City (LCS-22); USS Oakland (LCS-24); Unnamed Ship (LCS-26)

Untied States

(OPERATORS list includes past, present, and future operators when applicable)

✓ Amphibious Assault
A shallow draught, and other qualities, give this vessel the ability to support amphibious assault operations close-to-shore.

✓ Offshore Operation
Activities conducted near shorelines in support of allied activities.

Length

418.0 ft
127.41 m

Beam

104.0 ft
31.70 m

Draught

14.0 ft
4.27 m

Displacement

3,300
tons

Installed Power: 2 x MTU Friedichshafen 20V 8000 diesel engines with 2 x General Electric LM2500 gas turbines and 4 x diesel generators driving 2 x shafts; 4 x Wartsila waterjets; 1 x Retractable thruster at bow.

Surface Speed

44.0 kts
(50.6 mph)

Range

4,345 nm
(5,000 mi | 8,047 km)

1 x AGM-175 Griffin air-to-surface precision kinetics missile launcher.

1 x 57mm Mk 110 deck gun

2 x 30mm Mk 44 Bushmaster II chain guns

4 x 12.7mm heavy machine guns

1 x RIM-116 SeaRAM (Rolling Airframe Missile) Close-In Weapon System (CIWS).

Supported Types

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2 x Sikorsky SH-60 Seahawk navalized helicopters OR 2 x Northrop Grumman MQ-8 Fire Scout rotary-wing UAV.

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