Global InformationUSS Fort Worth information
 USS Fort Worth on 22 November 2012
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| History | |
|---|---|
 United States | |
| Name | Fort Worth |
| Namesake | Fort Worth |
| Awarded | 23 March 2009[1] |
| Builder | Marinette Marine[1][3] |
| Laid down | 11 July 2009[1][3] |
| Launched | 4 December 2010[1] |
| Sponsored by | Kay Granger[5] |
| Christened | 4 December 2010[5] |
| Acquired | 6 June 2012[1][2] |
| Commissioned | 22 September 2012[1] |
| Homeport | San Diego[1] |
| Motto | Grit and Tenacity[4] |
| Honors and awards | See Awards |
| Status | Active |
| Badge |  |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Freedom-class littoral combat ship |
| Displacement | 3,500 metric tons (3,900 short tons) (full load)[7] |
| Length | 387 ft (118 m)[1] |
| Beam | 58 ft (17.7 m)[1] |
| Draft | 13.0 ft (3.9 m)[1] |
| Propulsion | 2 Rolls-Royce MT30 36 MW gas turbines, 2 Colt-Pielstick diesel engines, 4 Rolls-Royce waterjets |
| Speed | 45 knots (52 mph; 83 km/h) (sea state 3) |
| Range | 3,500 nmi (6,500 km; 4,000 mi) at 18 knots (21 mph; 33 km/h)[6] |
| Endurance | 21 days (504 hours) |
| Boats & landing craft carried | 11 m RHIB, 40 ft (12 m) high-speed boats |
| Complement | 35–50 core crew, 75 mission crew (rotating crews) |
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| Notes | Electrical power is provided by 4 Isotta Fraschini V1708 diesel engines with Hitzinger generator units rated at 800 kW each. |
USS Fort Worth (LCS-3) is a Freedom-class littoral combat ship of the United States Navy. She is the first ship to be named after Fort Worth, Texas, the 13th-largest city in the United States.
On 20 June 2020, the US Navy announced that they would be taking Fort Worth out of commission in March 2022,[8] and placing her, along with Freedom, Independence, and Coronado in reserve.[9][10]
On 18 June 2021, Naval News reported that Fort Worth would be inactivated in FY 2022 and put on the Out of Commission in Reserve (OCIR) list.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j "USS Fort Worth (LCS-3)". Naval Vessel Register. Retrieved 25 July 2016.
- ^ "Navy Accepts Delivery of LCS 3". Navy News Service. 6 June 2012. Archived from the original on 27 January 2016. Retrieved 29 December 2014.
- ^ a b "Keel to be Laid for Third Littoral Combat Ship". Navy News Service. 10 July 2009. Archived from the original on 22 March 2012. Retrieved 30 December 2014.
- ^ "Littoral Warfare Ship Photo Index". www.navsource.org. Retrieved 30 August 2021.
- ^ a b "Navy to Christen Littoral Combat Ship Fort Worth". Navy News Service. 1 December 2010. Archived from the original on 23 January 2011. Retrieved 30 December 2014.
- ^ "LCS Littoral Combat Ship". Archived from the original on 8 August 2007. Retrieved 8 March 2009.
- ^ Shelbourne, Mallory (28 May 2021). "Navy Tries to Cut Four Littoral Combat Ships to Save $186M in FY 22 Budget". USNI News. Retrieved 5 September 2021.
- ^ Trevithick, Joseph (1 July 2020). "Navy Will Mothball Its First Four Littoral Combat Ships In Nine Months If Congress Lets It". thedrive.com. Retrieved 24 July 2020.
- ^ Larter, David B. (1 July 2020). "US Navy's first 4 littoral combat ships to leave the fleet in 9 months". DefenseNews.com. Retrieved 29 August 2020.