Littoral Combat Ships (LCS)

The littoral combat ship USS Fort Worth (LCS 3) is making preparations to get underway from Sembawang after successfully conducting preventive maintenance availability (PMAV) and restricted availability (RAV) maintenance.

This availability was particularly unique, as it was the first maintenance availability conducted at Sembawang. Typically Fort Worth will conduct maintenance availabilities at Changi Naval Base, but the ability to shift the location to a different port further demonstrates the flexibility of the ship as well as the shore support, which will be beneficial when more LCSs are operating in the region.

After a scheduled underway period where Fort Worth completed Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) Indonesia, as well as CARAT Malaysia, the ship was due for an in port maintenance period.

This maintenance period had the added complexity of simultaneously undertaking both restricted availability maintenance and preventive maintenance.

The hundreds of preventive maintenance checks that Crew 102 performed over the maintenance period varied from simple tasks to complicated undertakings.

Fort Worth is the second LCS to deploy to U.S. 7th Fleet as part of an initiative to simultaneously deploy up to four LCS to the Indo-Asia-Pacific region in just a few years. The third and fourth LCSs are planned to arrive in 2016, when the region will see two of these ships deployed at the same time.

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Jeff Head said:

Tests like these are pretty cool to watch and are beginning to show some of the teeth the LCS will have:

SeaRAM Live Fire Test (1 target)

VL Hellfire Live Fire test (3 targets)

Naval Strike Missile Live Fire Test

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dtulsa said:

. Also does anyone know the range of searam block II Ive heard its 1.5 to 2 times further than the mod 0 which would put it in the old sea sparrow range of 7-10 mile range thanks.

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dtulsa said:

2. For ssm apparently there is work a harpoon 3 type missile with increased range and a lighter 275 lb warhead to compete with the nsm/jsm

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dtulsa said:

been along time since I posted so here goes

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dtulsa said:

1. starting to warm to the idea of a mark 29 type launcher for future applications [essm]

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dtulsa said:

2. For ssm apparently there is work a harpoon 3 type missile with increased range and a lighter 275 lb warhead to compete with the nsm/jsm

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dtulsa said:

3. 76mm gun also in future That would greatly eliminate most of the shortcomings.

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dtulsa said:

Also does anyone know the range of searam block II ...

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dtulsa said:

Also the recommendation is that all 20 of the ffg configurations do away with the minehunting capabilities

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dtulsa said:

and also the spec.op capabilities.

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Future USS Milwaukee (LCS 5) Completes Acceptance Trial

MARINETTE, Wisconsin — The future USS Milwaukee (LCS 5) successfully concluded its acceptance trial Sept. 18, after completing a series of in-port and underway demonstrations for the Navy's Board of Inspection and Survey (INSURV).

The acceptance trial is the last significant milestone before delivery of the ship to the Navy, which is planned for October. During the five-day trial, the Navy conducted comprehensive tests of the installed systems.

“What a ride,” said LCS program manager Capt. Tom Anderson. “The weather on Lake Michigan during the conduct of this trial was not pleasant. Despite the high sea state, Milwaukee crisply executed the schedule of events and received some of the highest demonstration scores to date for the LCS class. Milwaukee lives up to her namesake city in both her tenacity and strength."

While underway the ship performed launch and recovery operations of the 11-meter rigid-hull inflatable boat, a four-hour full power run, surface and air self-defense detect-to-engage exercises, and demonstrated the ship's maneuverability performing tight turns and full-power quick reversal.

Following her commissioning in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, in November, the ship will prepare for full ship shock trials to be held in the Atlantic Ocean in 2016. She will then sail to California to be homeported in San Diego with sister ships USS Freedom (LCS 1), USS Independence (LCS 2), USS Fort Worth (LCS 3) and USS Coronado (LCS 4).

LCS is a modular, reconfigurable ship, with three types of mission packages including surface warfare, mine countermeasures, and anti-submarine warfare. The Program Executive Office Littoral Combat Ships (PEO LCS) is responsible for delivering and sustaining littoral mission capabilities to the fleet. Delivering high-quality warfighting assets while balancing affordability and capability is key to supporting the nation's maritime strategy

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