USS Cooperstown (LCS-23)

Shown here is sister-ship USS Freedom underway on sea trials in February 2013 before her first deployment
History
United States
Name:	Cooperstown
Namesake:	Village of Cooperstown
Awarded:	29 December 2010
Builder:	Marinette Marine
Status:	Under construction
General characteristics
Class and type:	Freedom-class littoral combat ship
Length:	378 ft (115 m)
Speed:	>40 knots (46 mph; 74 km/h)

USS Cooperstown (LCS-23) will be a Freedom-class littoral combat ship of the United States Navy. It will be the first ship in naval service named after Cooperstown, New York.

U.S. Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus announced the naming of USS Cooperstown on 25 July 2015 during a ceremony at the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York. Mabus was part of a program honoring baseball players who served in World War II.

Marinette Marine was awarded the contract to build the ship on 29 December 2010. Marinette Marine is building the Cooperstown at its Marinette, Wisconsin shipyard.