- Source: USS Cincinnati (LCS-20)
USS Cincinnati (LCS-20) is an Independence-class littoral combat ship of the United States Navy. She is the fifth ship to be named after Cincinnati, Ohio.
Design
In 2002, the United States Navy initiated a program to develop the first of a fleet of littoral combat ships. The Navy initially ordered two trimaran hulled ships from General Dynamics, which became known as the Independence-class littoral combat ship after the first ship of the class, USS Independence. Even-numbered U.S. Navy littoral combat ships are built using the Independence-class trimaran design, while odd-numbered ships are based on a competing design, the conventional monohull Freedom-class littoral combat ship. The initial order of littoral combat ships involved a total of four ships, including two of the Independence-class design. On 29 December 2010, the Navy announced that it was awarding Austal USA a contract to build ten additional Independence-class littoral combat ships. Cincinnati has a crew of up to 40 sailors and can hold two MH-60R/S Seahawk helicopters.
Construction and career
Cincinnati was christened on 7 May 2018 by former Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker and commissioned on 5 October 2019. She has been assigned to Littoral Combat Ship Squadron One. Cincinnati is currently stationed in San Diego, CA.
References
This article includes information collected from the Naval Vessel Register, which, as a U.S. government publication, is in the public domain. The entry can be found here.
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