USS Marinette (LCS-25)

Shown here is sister-ship USS Freedom underway on sea trials in February 2013 before her first deployment
History
United States
Name: Marinette
Namesake: Marinette, Wisconsin
Awarded: 31 March 2016[1]
Builder: Marinette Marine[1]
Status: On order
General characteristics
Class and type: Freedom-class littoral combat ship
Length: 378 ft (115 m)
Speed: >40 knots (46 mph; 74 km/h)

USS Marinette (LCS-25) will be a Freedom-class littoral combat ship of the United States Navy.[1][2][3][4] According to the Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus, LCS-25 will be the first ship in naval service named after Marinette, Wisconsin.[2] This claim overlooks the Navy's Nantick-class large harbor tug Marinette YTB-791, also named after Marinette, Wisconsin.

Marinette Marine was awarded the contract to build the ship on 31 March 2016.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Marinette (LCS-25)". Naval Vessel Register. Retrieved 22 September 2016.
  2. 1 2 "Secretary of the Navy Names Two Littoral Combat Ships" (Press release). U.S. Department of Defense. 22 September 2016. Retrieved 22 September 2016.
  3. "Secretary of the Navy Names Two Littoral Combat Ships" (Press release). U.S. Navy. 22 September 2016. Retrieved 22 September 2016.
  4. "Navy secretary names combat ship the USS Marinette". WBAY ABC 2. 22 September 2016. Retrieved 22 September 2016.
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