USS Marinette after launching in Marinette, WI.
History
United States
NameMarinette
NamesakeMarinette
Awarded31 March 2016[4]
BuilderMarinette Marine[4]
Laid down27 March 2019[5]
Launched31 October 2020[1]
Sponsored byJennifer Granholm
Christened20 November 2021[7]
Acquired3 February 2023[2]
Commissioned16 September 2023[3]
IdentificationHull number: LCS-25
MottoFreedom Done Wright[6]
Statusin active service
Badge
General characteristics
Class and typeFreedom-class littoral combat ship
Length378 ft (115 m)
Speed>40 knots (46 mph; 74 km/h)

USS Marinette (LCS-25) is a Freedom-class littoral combat ship of the United States Navy. She is the first commissioned ship, and second overall in naval service to be named after Marinette, Wisconsin (the place where it was built), the other being Marinette (YTB-791), a Natick-class large fleet tugboat.[8][9]

Design

In 2002, the US Navy initiated a program to develop the first of a fleet of littoral combat ships.[10] 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.[10][11] 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.[10] The initial order of littoral combat ships involved a total of four ships, including two of the Freedom-class design.[10]  Marinette is the thirteenth Freedom-class littoral combat ship to be built.

Construction and career

Marinette Marine was awarded the contract to build the ship on 31 March 2016 and built at their shipyard in Marinette, Wisconsin.[4] The ship was launched on 31 October 2020,[1] subsequently she was christened on 20 November 2021.[7][12]

Marinette was commissioned on 16 September 2023, at a ceremoney in Menominee, Michigan. In attendance was Honorable Mike Gallagher, U.S. Representative, Wisconsin's 8th congressional district, the Honorable Jennifer Granholm, ship’s sponsor, the Honorable Russell Rumbaugh, Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Financial Management and Comptroller, VADM Darse E. Crandall, Jr., Judge Advocate General of the Navy, the Honorable Jean Stegeman, Mayor of Menominee, Michigan, the Honorable Steve Genisot, Mayor of Marinette, Wisconsin, and Chauncey McIntosh, Vice President and General Manager, Lockheed Martin Integrated Warfare Systems and Sensors.[3]

On October 27, 2023, Marinette's Executive Officer, Lt. Commander Jonathan Volkle, was found dead in a suicide.

References

  1. ^ a b "U.S. Navy Launches Littoral Combat Ship Marinette". Naval Sea Systems Command. 2 November 2020. Archived from the original on 28 November 2020. Retrieved 2 November 2020.
  2. ^ "Future USS Marinette (LCS 25) Delivered to Navy". U.S. Navy. 3 February 2023. Archived from the original on 18 July 2023. Retrieved 5 February 2023.
  3. ^ a b "USS Marinette Commissions the Wright Way". Defense Visual Information Distribution Service. 16 September 2023. Archived from the original on 4 October 2023. Retrieved 17 September 2023.
  4. ^ a b c "Marinette (LCS-25)". Naval Vessel Register. Archived from the original on 19 January 2024. Retrieved 22 September 2016.
  5. ^ "Lockheed Martin-Led Team Begins Construction On Navy's Newest Multi-Mission Warship, Littoral Combat Ship 25 (Marinette)". Lockheed Martin. 27 March 2019. Archived from the original on 28 March 2019. Retrieved 27 March 2019.
  6. ^ "USS Marinette (LCS 25)". The Institute of Heraldry. U.S. Army. 3 October 2022. Archived from the original on 19 January 2024. Retrieved 27 December 2022.
  7. ^ a b "Littoral Combat Ship 25 (USS Marinette) Christened". Lockheed Martin. 22 November 2021. Archived from the original on 15 November 2023. Retrieved 22 November 2021.
  8. ^ "Secretary of the Navy Names Two Littoral Combat Ships". U.S. Department of Defense. 22 September 2016. Archived from the original on 19 January 2024. Retrieved 22 September 2016.
  9. ^ "Navy secretary names combat ship the USS Marinette". WBAY ABC 2. 22 September 2016. Archived from the original on 7 November 2016. Retrieved 22 September 2016.
  10. ^ a b c d "US Navy Fact File: Littoral Combat Ship Class – LCS". U.S. Navy. Archived from the original on 17 January 2024. Retrieved 30 October 2015.
  11. ^ O'Rourke, Ronald (4 May 2010). "Navy Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) Program: Background, Issues, and Options for Congress" (PDF). Congressional Research Service. Archived (PDF) from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 30 December 2014.
  12. ^ Harrington, Nick (21 November 2021). "USS Marinette christened, repairs to be done on ships". Fox 11 News. Archived from the original on 15 November 2023. Retrieved 21 November 2021.
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