Launched into the water using the side oiled slideway launching method, Lockheed Martin on May 7 launched Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) 29, which will later be named USS Beloit. The LCS 29 is the 15th unit of the LCS Freedom Class and the 29th unit of the entire LCS class in service with the United States Navy.
LCS 29 was launched into the Menominee River from the Fincantieri Marinette Marine (FMM) Shipyard. Ship launching using the side oiled slideway launching method feels foreign in Indonesia, but it is commonly done in the US and some Western European countries.
This method of launching is spectacular, where ships with a tonnage of thousands of tons are thrown directly into the water. Because it looks extreme, this method of launching requires the ship to have good structural strength and stability. Which seems like the shipyard wants to prove this to the public.
LCS 29 was the first ship to be named in honor of the city of Beloit, Wisconsin. Lockheed Martin is in full-rate production and has delivered 11 ships to the US Navy. There are five ships in various stages of production.
The Litoral Combat Ship (LCS) program is the development and procurement of US Navy warships whose main purpose is to replace warships whose class is under the destroyer. The LCS label loosely translated means "warship for the coast."
In the US Navy environment, LCS is defined as “a relatively small surface warship, high speed, agile in maneuvering, relatively cheap price (compared to destroyers), able to interact with other defense equipment in a network centric and modular environment, where each module is provided with a mission module, which is configured according to the demands of specific missions, such as overwater warfare, anti-submarine warfare, surveillance and reconnaissance, sea lane patrol, coastal defense, mine neutralization, to support for special forces operations.
In terms of weight, LCS is between corvettes (600 – 2,000 tons) and frigates (2,000 – 4,000 tons). However, the mission capability carried by the LCS seems 'responsive.' With the provision of a configurable mission module, the LCS' mission capability even exceeds the frigate.
The LCS Freedom Class is powered by two Rolls-Royce MT30 36 MW gas turbines, 2 Colt-Pielstick diesel engines and 4 Rolls-Royce waterjets. With the blend of the power of the engine elements, this ship can go up to a speed of 45 knots (equivalent to 83 km per hour) at sea state 3.
Much faster than the maximum speed of KCR (Fast Missile Ship)-40/60 TNI AL which is only capable of lauched up to 30 knots.
As a littoral ship with a frigate-equivalent attack power, the Freedom Class is capable of continuous sailing for 21 days. The cruising range of this ship can reach 6,500 km at a cruising speed of 18 knots.
For weapons, there is a BAE Systems Mk 110 57 gun concoction (this canon is the latest variant of the Bofors 57 mm MK.2 cannon mounted on the FPB-57 TNI AL), then there are RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missiles, MK50 torpedoes, 2x 30mm caliber Bushmaster cannon, and four 12.7mm SMB M2HB cannons.
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