• Source: USS Cleveland (LCS-31)

USS Cleveland (LCS-31) is a Freedom-class littoral combat ship of the United States Navy. She is the fourth commissioned ship in naval service named after Cleveland, the second-largest city in Ohio.




Design and build


In 2002, the US Navy began a program to develop the first of a fleet of littoral combat ships. The Navy initially ordered two monohull ships from Lockheed Martin, which became known as the Freedom-class littoral combat ships after the first ship of the class, USS Freedom. Odd-numbered US Navy littoral combat ships are built using the Freedom-class monohull design, while even-numbered ships are based on a competing design, the trimaran hull Independence-class littoral combat ship from General Dynamics. The initial order of littoral combat ships involved a total of four ships, including two of the Freedom-class design. Cleveland is the sixteenth Freedom-class littoral combat ship to be built.
Marinette Marine was awarded the contract to build the ship on 15 January 2019. Cleveland was launched on 14 April 2023. In a sideways launch, Cleveland was involved in a minor collision with a tugboat. No injuries were reported, and damage to Cleveland was "limited" and above the waterline. The shipyard intends to use a shiplift to transfer future ships to the water in a more controlled manner.




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.




See also


Sideways launch of LCS-15 at Marinette Marine (video)

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