USS Fort Worth
USS Fort Worth on 22 November 2012 | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United States | |
| Name | Fort Worth |
| Namesake | Fort Worth |
| Awarded | 23 March 2009 |
| Builder | Marinette Marine |
| Laid down | 11 July 2009 |
| Launched | 4 December 2010 |
| Sponsored by | Kay Granger |
| Christened | 4 December 2010 |
| Acquired | 6 June 2012 |
| Commissioned | 22 September 2012 |
| Homeport | San Diego |
| Motto | Grit and Tenacity |
| Honors & awards | See Awards |
| Status | Active |
| Badge | |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Freedom-class littoral combat ship |
| Displacement | 3,500 metric tons (3,900 short tons) (full load) |
| Length | 387 ft (118 m) |
| Beam | 58 ft (17.7 m) |
| Draft | 13.0 ft (3.9 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; 4,000 mi) at 18 knots (21 mph; 33 km/h) |
| 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) |
| Armament | |
| Aircraft carried | |
| Notes | Electrical power is provided by 4 Isotta Fraschini V1708 diesel engines with Hitzinger generator units rated at 800 kW each. |
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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 12th-most populous 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, and placing her, along with Freedom, Independence, and Coronado in reserve.
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.