USS INDEPENDENCE (LCS 2)
LITTORAL COMBAT SHIP
VESSEL STATUS
Class:		LCS				UIC:		20127
Status:		Active, in commission				Fleet:		U.S. PACIFIC FLEET
Date Status Changed:		01/16/2010				Homeport:		SAN DIEGO, CA
Maintenance Category:						Berth:
Force:		Battle Force
Builder:		Austal USA
MILESTONE DATES
Award Date:		10/14/2005				Commission Date:		01/16/2010
Keel Date:		01/19/2006				Inactivation Date:
Launch Date:		04/28/2008				Decommission Date:
Age (since Launch)		10.7				Years from Commission to Decommission:
Delivery Date:		12/18/2009				In-Service Date:
Age (since Delivery)		9.0				Out of Service Date:
						Stricken Date:
PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS
Overall Length:		422 ft				Waterline Length:		387 ft
Extreme Beam:		104 ft				Waterline Beam:		102 ft
Max Navigational Draft:		15 ft				Draft Limit:		15 ft
Light Displacement:		2377 tons				Full Displacement:		3228 tons
Dead Weight:		851 tons
Hull Material:			All aluminum hull.
No. of Propellers:
No. of Waterjets:		4
Propulsion Type:			Diesel - Gas Turbine
Accommodations:			Officers:		9
			Enlisted:		41
PROGRAM CHARACTERISTICS
Custodian:			US NAVY
Planning Yard:			General Dynamics Bath Iron Works
Nuclear Planning Yard:
Ships Program Manager:		PMS 505
Comments:
Last Updated:		10/24/2018
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