USS Detroit (LCS-7)
USS Detroit during christening
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| Name: | Detroit |
| Namesake: | Detroit, Michigan |
| Awarded: | 17 March 2011 |
| Builder: | Marinette Marine |
| Laid down: | 8 November 2012 |
| Launched: | 18 October 2014 |
| Sponsored by: | Mrs. Barbara Levin (Wife of Senator Carl Levin) |
| Christened: | 18 October 2014 |
| Commissioned: | 22 October 2016 |
| Homeport: | Naval Station Mayport |
| Status: | Active |
| Badge: |  |
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| Class and type: | Freedom-class littoral combat ship |
| Displacement: | 3,500 metric tons (3,900 short tons) full load |
| Length: | 378.3 ft (115.3 m) |
| Beam: | 57.4 ft (17.5 m) |
| Draft: | 13.0 ft (3.7 m) |
| Propulsion: | 2 Rolls-Royce MT30 36 MW gas turbines, 2 Colt-Pielstick diesel engines, 4 Rolls-Royce waterjets |
| Speed: | 40 knots (46 mph) (sea state 3) |
| Range: | 3,500 nmi (6,500 km) at 18 knots (21 mph; 33 km/h) |
| Endurance: | 21 days (336 hours) |
| Boats & landing craft carried: |
11 m RHIB, 40 ft (12 m) high-speed boats |
| Complement: | 15 to 50 core crew, 75 mission crew (Blue and Gold 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 Detroit (LCS-7) is the fourth Freedom-class littoral combat ship of the United States Navy. The ceremonial “laying of the keel” was in early November 2012 at the Marinette Marine shipyards in Marinette, Wisconsin. The ship was launched on 18 October 2014.
The US Navy accepted Detroit into service on 16 August 2016; the ship was commissioned on 22 October 2016.
On 30 December 2016, Detroit particiapted in a homeport shift ceremony that took place at Naval Station Mayport. The ship was previously based out of Naval Base San Deigo. On 13 January 2017, Detroit completed her first ever flight deck evolutions in order to certify the flight deck for future air operations. The landings and VERTREP were conducted by the "World Famous Swamp Foxes" of HSM-74.
On 8 March 2017, Detroit fired a vertical-launched AGM-114 Hellfire missile, the first such launch from a littoral combat ship. The Hellfire system is meant to engage small vessels and strike targets on land.
Detroit is the sixth ship to be named after the city of Detroit, Michigan.
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