USS Billings conducting trials on Lake Michigan on 6 December 2018
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Name | Billings |
Namesake | Billings |
Awarded | 29 December 2010[4] |
Builder | Marinette Marine[4] |
Laid down | 2 November 2015[4] |
Launched | 1 July 2017[1] |
Sponsored by | Sharla Tester |
Christened | 1 July 2017 |
Acquired | 1 February 2019[2] |
Commissioned | 3 August 2019[3] |
Homeport | Mayport |
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Status | Active |
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General characteristics | |
Class and type | Freedom-class littoral combat ship |
Displacement | 3,500 metric tons (3,900 short tons) full load[6] |
Length | 378.3 ft (115.3 m) |
Beam | 57.4 ft (17.5 m) |
Draft | 13.0 ft (4.0 m) |
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) at 18 knots (21 mph; 33 km/h)[5] |
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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Aviation facilities | Flight deck, hangar |
Notes | Electrical power is provided by 4 Isotta Fraschini V1708 diesel engines with Hitzinger generator units rated at 800 kW each. |
USS Billings (LCS-15) is a Freedom-class littoral combat ship of the United States Navy.[4] She is the first ship in naval service named after Billings, Montana.[7]