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.
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)
kts = knots | mph = miles-per-hour | nm = nautical miles | mi = miles | km = kilometers
1 kts = 1.15 mph | 1 nm = 1.15 mi | 1 nm = 1.85 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
(Not all weapon types may be represented in the showcase above)
2 x Sikorsky SH-60 Seahawk navalized helicopters OR 2 x Northrop Grumman MQ-8 Fire Scout rotary-wing UAV.
Ribbon graphics not necessarily indicative of actual historical campaign ribbons. Ribbons are clickable to their respective naval campaigns / operations / periods.
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