USS Omaha (LCS-12)
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Sister ship USS Independence
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| Name: | Omaha |
| Namesake: | Omaha, Nebraska |
| Awarded: | 16 March 2012[1] |
| Builder: | Austal USA |
| Laid down: | 18 February 2015[1][2] |
| Launched: | 20 November 2015 |
| Sponsored by: | Susie Buffett[3] |
| Christened: | 19 December 2015 |
| Status: | Under construction |
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| Class & type: | Independence-class littoral combat ship |
| Displacement: | 2,307 metric tons light, 3,104 metric tons full, 797 metric tons deadweight |
| Length: | 127.4 m (418 ft) |
| Beam: | 31.6 m (104 ft) |
| Draft: | 14 ft (4.27 m) |
| Propulsion: | 2× gas turbines, 2× diesel, 4× waterjets, retractable Azimuth thruster, 4× diesel generators |
| Speed: | 40+ knots, 47 knots (54 mph; 87 km/h) sprint |
| Range: | 4,300 nautical miles (8,000 km; 4,900 mi) at 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph)+ |
| Capacity: | 210 tonnes |
| Complement: | 40 core crew (8 officers, 32 enlisted) plus up to 35 mission crew |
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USS Omaha (LCS-12) will be an Independence-class littoral combat ship of the United States Navy.[1] She will be the fourth ship to be named for Omaha, the largest city in Nebraska.[4][5] The ceremonial “laying of the keel” was on 18 February 2015, at Mobile, Alabama.[2]
Omaha was launched from Austal USA's shipyards in Mobile, Alabama on 20 November 2015.[6]
Omaha was christened on 19 December 2015. The ship's sponsor was Omaha philanthropist Susie Buffett.[3]
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- 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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