Russian Navy - Pytlivyy 868
Krivak-class frigate
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he Project 1135 Burevestnik (Storm Petrel) class were a series of frigates or guard ships (patrol boats). Built in the Soviet Union, the ships were commissioned primarily for the Soviet Navy since 1970, later some sub-branch was designed for coastal patrol. Until 1977 the class was considered as a big anti-submarine ship.
These ships are commonly known by their NATO reporting class name of Krivak and are divided into Krivak I, Krivak II (both navy), and Krivak III (coast guard) classes.
These ships were designed as a successor to the Riga class. The design started in the late 1950s and matured as an anti-submarine ship in the 1960s. The first ship was Soviet frigate Bditelnyy that was commissioned in 1970.
A total of 40 ships were built, 32 ships for the Soviet Navy (Russian Navy) and 8 modified ships of Nerey (Krivak III) subclass for the KGB Maritime Border Guard. Currently 7 of Nerey subclass are in FSB Coast Guard and one is part of Ukrainian Navy.
The ship's unique features—the bow missile box, the stack and the angled mast, earned it a rap-like nickname among U. S. sailors that comes from their foreign ship silhouette identification training — Hot dog pack, Smokestack, Guns in Back — Krivak.[1][2]
How many ships remain in active duty is uncertain. According to some sources Russia has four units in service and the Ukrainian Navy, one.[3][4] Russian press listed three units operational in February 2008, one with the Baltic Fleet and two with the Black Sea Fleet (BSF).[5]
The Indian Navy ordered six frigates of upgraded Krivak III class as the Talwar class. Three ships were delivered in 2003–2004. Three more were delivered in 2011–2012.
On 12 October 2010, it was announced that the Yantar Yard at Kaliningrad on the Baltic Sea had won a contract to construct three new warships for the Russian Navy. The construction of the frigates for the Russian Navy will be carried out in parallel with the construction of the same-type frigates for the Indian Navy.
Class overview
Name: Krivak class (Project 1135)
Builders:
Yantar yard, Kaliningrad
Zhdanov yard, Saint-Petersburg (now Severnaya)
Baltik yard, Saint-Petersburg
Zaliv yard, Kerch
Operators:
Russian Navy
Russia, Flag of border service 2008.svg FSB Coast Guard
Indian Navy
Ukrainian Navy
Korean People's Army Naval Force
Preceded by: Riga class
Subclasses:
Talwar class
Admiral Grigorovich class
Completed: 40 (32 project 1135, 1135M and 11352/11353 plus 8 project 11351)
Cancelled: 1 (project 11351)
Active: 4 active in Russia, 1 active in Ukraine (only project 1135, 1135M and 11351)
General characteristics
Type: Frigate / Guard ship SKR (Russian classification)
Displacement: 3,300 tons standard, 3,575 tons full load
Length: 405.3 ft (123.5 m)
Beam: 46.3 ft (14.1 m)
Draught: 15.1 ft (4.6 m)
Propulsion:
2 shaft; COGAG
2 x M-8k , 40,000 shp (30,000 kW) or DK59 13.5 MW or DT59 16.9 MW gas-turbines
2 x M-62 7.4 MW or DS71 13.4 gas-turbines (cruise), 14,950 shp (11,150 kW)
Speed: 32 knots (59 km/h)
Range: 4,995 nmi (9,251 km) at 14 knots (26 km/h)
Complement: 200
Sensors and
processing systems:
Radar: 1 MR-755 Fregat-M/Half Plate air/surf search
Sonar: Zvezda-2 suite with MGK-345 Bronza/Ox Yoke bow mounted LF, Ox Tail LF VDS
Fire control: Purga ASW combat system, 2 Drakon/Eye Bowl SSM targeting, 2 MPZ-301 Baza/Pop Group
Electronic warfare
& decoys: Start suite with Bell Shroud intercept, Bell Squat jammer, 4 PK-16 decoy RL, 8 PK-10 decoy RL, 2 towed decoys
Armament:
1 × 4 URK-5 (SS-N-14 'Silex') SSM/ASW missiles
2 × Osa-MA SAM systems SA-N-4'Gecko' SAM (40 missiles)
4 × 76 mm guns (2×2) (Burevestnik M had 2 × 1 100 mm guns)
2 × RBU-6000 anti-submarine rockets
2 × 4 533 mm torpedo tubes
Aircraft carried: Ka-27 on Krivak III only
Russian Navy - Pytlivyy frigate 808
Bessmennyy ('Krivak-II') class ASW frigates (4 ships)
(Project 1135M, Burevestnik-M)
Displacement: 3,505 tons full load
Dimensions: 123.1 x 14.2 x 7.3 meters/403.9 x 46.6 x 24 feet
Propulsion: COGAG: 2 M62 cruise gas turbines, 12,000 shp, 2 M8K boost gas turbines, 36,000 shp; 2 shafts, 48,000 shp, 30 knots
Crew: 181 + 13 transients
Radar: MR-310U Angara-M/Head Net-C 3-D air search
Sonar: MGK-332MC Titan-2/Bull Nose hull mounted MF, MG-325 Vega/Mare Tail MF VDS
Fire Control: Planshet-35 combat system, Purga ASW combat system 2 Drakon/Eye Bowl SSM targeting, 2 MPZ-301 Baza/Pop Group SAM control
EW: Smerch suite with Bell Shroud intercept, Bell Squat jammer, 4 PK-16 decoy RL, 4 PK-10 decoy RL in some, 2 towed decoy
Armament: 4 URK-5/SS-N-14 Rastrub/Silex SSM/ASW missiles, 2 Osa-MA SAM systems (40 4K-33/SA-N-4 Gecko SAM), 2 single 100mm/59cal DP, 2 RBU-6000 ASW RL, 8 21 inch torpedo tubes (4 each SET-65, 53-65 torpedoes), 12-16 mines
Concept/Program: Improved version of the 'Krivak-I'; main difference is substitution of 2 single 100 mm guns for 2 dual 76.2 mm.
Classification: Storozkevoy Korabl' (SKR); Patrol Ship.
Builders: Yantar Zavod 820, Kaliningrad, Russia.
Disposals/Reserve: Ships stricken as follows: Gordelivyy in 1995, Grozyashchiy, Rezkiy and Bessmennyy in 1996, Gromkiy and R'yanyy in 1998
Name Year FLT Homeport Notes
Rezvyy 1975 NOR
Neukrotimyy 1978 BALT
Revnostnyy 1980 PAC
Pytlivyy 1982 BLK
Krivak-class frigate
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Builders: Zhdanov yard, Leningrad
Yantar yard
Zaliv plant, Kerch
Operators: Russian Navy
Russia, Flag of border service 2008.svg FSB Coast Guard
Indian Navy
Ukrainian Navy
Preceded by: Riga class
Subclasses: Talwar class
Admiral Grigorovich class
Completed: 40 (32 Burevestnik and Burevestnik M plus 8 Nerey)
Cancelled: 1 (Nerey subclass)
Active: 2[1]
General characteristics
Type: Frigate
Displacement: 3,300 tons standard, 3,575 tons full load
Length: 405.3 ft (123.5 m)
Beam: 46.3 ft (14.1 m)
Draught: 15.1 ft (4.6 m)
Propulsion: 2 shaft; COGAG; 2x M-8k gas-turbines, 40,000 shp; 2x M-62 gas-turbines (cruise), 14,950 shp
Speed: 32 knots (59 km/h)
Range: 4,995 nmi (9,251 km) at 14 knots (26 km/h)
Complement: 200
Sensors and
processing systems: Radar: 1 MR-755 Fregat-M/Half Plate air/surf search
Sonar: Zvezda-2 suite with MGK-345 Bronza/Ox Yoke bow mounted LF, Ox Tail LF VDS
Fire control: Purga ASW combat system, 2 Drakon/Eye Bowl SSM targeting, 2 MPZ-301 Baza/Pop Group
Electronic warfare
and decoys: Start suite with Bell Shroud intercept, Bell Squat jammer, 4 PK-16 decoy RL, 8 PK-10 decoy RL, 2 towed decoys
Armament: • 1× 4 URK-5(SS-N-14 'Silex') SSM/ASW missiles
• 2× Osa-MA SAM systems SA-N-4'Gecko' SAM (40 missiles)
• 4× 76 mm guns (2×2) (Burevestnik M had 2×1 100 mm guns)
• 2×RBU-6000 Anti-Submarine rockets
• 2×4 533 mm torpedo tubes
Aircraft carried: Ka-27 on Krivak III only
Russian Navy - Ladny 801 frigate
Russian frigate Ladny
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Ladny is a Krivak-class missile frigate of the Russian Navy. She served with the predecessor service, the Soviet Navy.
The ship was ordered by the Soviet Union in 1978 and was laid down in May 1979. The ship was commissioned in the Soviet Black Sea Fleet in 1981.[1] In 1991 after the collapse of the Soviet Union the frigate became a part of the Russian Navy. As of 2012 the frigate is active with the Russian Black Sea Fleet
Career (Russia) Russian Naval Ensign
Name: Ladny
Builder: Zaliv plant, Kerch
Laid down: 25 May 1979
Launched: 7 May 1980
Commissioned: 25 February 1982
Status: Active, Black Sea Fleet
General characteristics
Class and type: Krivak-class frigate
Displacement: 3,420 tons full load
Length: 1,231 m (4,038.7 ft)
Beam: 142 m (465.9 ft)
Propulsion: COGAG: 2 x M62 cruise gas turbines, 12,000 hp,
2 M8K boost gas turbines, 36,000 hp,
2 shafts
Speed: 30 knots
Range: 3,500 miles
Complement: 197
Sensors and
processing systems: MR-310U Angara-M/Head Net-C 3-D air search,
MGK-332MC Titan-2/Bull Nose hull mounted MF,
Electronic warfare
and decoys: Smerch suite with Bell Shroud intercept,
Bell Squat jammer,
2 x towed decoys
Armament: 4 x URK-5/SS-N-14 Rastrub/Silex SSM/ASW missiles,
2 x Osa-MA-2 SAM systems(SA-N-4 Gecko SAM),
2 x double barreled 76,2 mm AK-726 guns,
4 x 21 inch torpedo tubes,12-16 mines
Russian Navy - destroyer Smetlivy 810
Russian destroyer Smetlivy
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Smetlivy (Russian: Сметливый, (translate: 'resourceful') is a Kashin-class guided missile destroyer of the Russian Navy. Entering service in 1969, the ship served until 1991 with the fall of the Soviet Union. She returned to service in 1995 after a refit and is now a part of the Black Sea Fleet.
Ordered by the Soviet Union in the early 1960s, Smetlivy was laid down in July 1966 and commissioned into the Soviet Black Sea Fleet in 1969. In 1990 the ship was laid up for repairs and modification. She became part of the Russian Navy after the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991. The ship returned to service in 1995, now armed with the more modern SS-N-25 Switchblade missile system.[2]
In August 2008 the ship took part in the Russo-Georgian War, and was part of task force from a Black Sea Fleet enforcing de facto blockade of the Republic of Georgia. In 2009 the ship was again laid up for repairs, returning to service in mid-2011 and being involved in Russian-Italian naval exercises in the Mediterranean Sea.[3][4][5] As of 2013 Smetlivy is the last Kashin-class destroyer in service with the Russian Navy.[6]
In 2013, she was sent off the coast of Syria in response to military tensions and a build up of Western naval forces.[7] Smetlivy returned to Syria in September 2015.[8] During the Syrian deployment, Smetlivy fired warning shots at a Turkish fishing vessel on 13 December 2015 after the Turkish ship reportedly didn't respond to radio calls or signal flares to turn away from the destroyer.[9]The Turkish fishing vessel Geçiciler-1 in its own accord has reported to the Turkish Coast Guard that no shots were detected from Smetlivy and that they passed the static Russian ship from a mile distance and continued with their fishing undisturbed. Video material from Geçiciler-1 has been handed over to the Turkish Coast Guard.
Name: Smetlivy
Builder: 61 Kommunara Shipbuilding Plant (SY 445), Mykolaiv
Laid down: 15 July 1966
Launched: 26 August 1967
Commissioned: 25 September 1969
Status: Active, Black Sea Fleet
General characteristics
Class and type: Kashin-class destroyer
Displacement:
3,400 tons standard,
4,390 tons full load
Length: 144 m (472.4 ft)
Beam: 15.8 m (51.8 ft)
Propulsion:
2 × COGAG; 2 shafts,
4 × M8E gas turbines; 72,000 hp (54,000 kW) up to 96,000 hp (72,000 kW)[1]
Speed: 38 knots (70 km/h; 44 mph) (4 gas turbines on full power)
Range:
3,500 nmi (6,480 km; 4,030 mi) at 18 kn (33 km/h; 21 mph)
2,000 nmi (3,700 km; 2,300 mi) at 30 kn (56 km/h; 35 mph)
Complement: 300
Armament:
1 × twin 76 mm (3 in) AK-726 guns,
SAM: 2 x twin launchers (NATO reporting name: SA-N-1 Goa),
Navalised version of the Isayev S-125 Volna (SA-3 Goa) system,
32 × missiles,
1 × 5 533 mm (21 in) torpedo tubes,
2 × twelve barrel RBU-6000 ASW rocket launchers,
2 × 4 anti-ship SS-N-25 Uran missiles.
Aircraft carried: 1 Kamov Ka-25
Russia Navy friendliness Baltic Fleet; Nastoychivyy (610) visit, y 2008
Russian Navy-Cruiser Varyag 011
Russian cruiser Varyag (1983)
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Russian cruiser Varyag (Varangian), (ex-Chervona Ukraina), is the third ship of the Slava-class of guided missile cruisers built for the Soviet Navy now serving the Russian Navy.
Laid down in 1979 at 61 Kommunara Shipbuilding Plant (Shipyard 445) in Nikolayev as Chervona Ukraina (Red Ukraine), the vessel was launched in July 1983, and commissioned 16 October 1989. The warship joined the Pacific Fleet in 1990 and was listed as having only a caretaker crew up to 2002.[1]
The cruiser re-entered service with the Pacific Fleet in early 2008 after an overhaul.
In 2009 Varyag led a fleet of foreign warships participating in a parade to mark the -60th anniversary of China's Navy.[2]
In June 2010, Varyag, under the command of Captain Eduard Moskalenko and with the Commander Northern Fleet Combined Forces Rear-Admiral Vladimir L. Kasatonov embarked, made a port call to San Francisco. The visit, the first by a Russian navy surface combatant in 147 years, featured a plaque dedication ceremony to commemorate six Russian Imperial Navy sailors who died fighting a fire in San Francisco in 1863.[3] This visit also coincided with President Medvedev visiting Silicon Valley and he once again visited Varyag as he had in Singapore in 2009.
On 19 November 2010, during a 4-day informal visit to South Korea, 24-year-old Lieutenant Ivan Yegorov reportedly committed suicide by hanging himself. According to Roman Martov, head of Russian Navy Pacific Fleet Press Service, the reason of suicide was a conflict between the lieutenant and his wife. The crewman's brother doubts that it was suicide, and told reporters that his brother had phoned him several hours before the death: His voice was high-spirited and he boasted of gifts which he was going to bring his family. There was a police report filed, but no evidence of foul play was found.[4][5]
From 8 to 11 November 2011 Varyag, accompanied by the tanker Irkut, made a port visit to Vancouver, British Columbia, to commemorate servicemen killed in armed conflicts. Varyag was escorted into Vancouver by the Royal Canadian Navy destroyer HMCS Algonquin, and Varyag's crew engaged in friendly sports matches with their Canadian counterparts from Algonquin.[6][7][8]
In November 2014, Varyag led a deployment of four Russian naval vessels to international waters off Australia.[9][10] The deployment was believed to be linked to the 2014 G-20 Brisbane summit and growing tensions between the two nations.[9][11]
In early January 2016, Varyag was reported to have entered the Mediterranean Sea through the Suez Canal to be deployed off Syria′s shore replacing sister ship Moskva,[12] in support of Russia's air operation in Syria that had begun in autumn 2015. The ship was named flagship of the Russian naval task force positioned in the eastern Mediterranean.
Name: Varyag ex-Chervona Ukraina
Namesake: Viking or Varangians
Builder: 61 Kommunara Shipbuilding Plant (SY 445), Nikolayev
Laid down: 1979
Launched: July 1983
Commissioned: 16 October 1989
Status: in active service, as of 2016
Notes: In service with Pacific Fleet
General characteristics
Class and type: Slava-class cruiser
Displacement: 11,490 tons
Length: 186.4 m (611.5 ft)
Beam: 20.8 m (68.2 ft)
Draft: 8.4 m (27.6 ft)
Propulsion: 4 COGOG gas turbines, 2 shafts 121,000 shp
Speed: 32 knots (59 km/h; 37 mph)
Range: 10,000 nautical miles (19,000 km; 12,000 mi) at 16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph)
Complement: 480
Sensors and
processing systems:
Voskhod MR-800 (Top Pair) 3D search radar
Fregat MR-710 (Top Steer) 3D search radar
Palm Frond navigation radar
Pop group SA-N-4 fire control radar
Top Dome SA-N-6 fire control radar
Bass Tilt AK-360 CIWS System fire control radar
Bull horn MF hull mounted sonar
Electronic warfare
& decoys:
Rum Tub and Side Globe EW antennas
2 × PK-2 DL (140mm chaff / flare)
Armament:
16 × P-500 Bazalt (SS-N-12 Sandbox) anti-ship missiles
8 × 8 (64) S-300F Fort (SA-N-6 Grumble) long-range surface-to-air missiles
2 × 20 (40) OSA-MA (SA-N-4 Gecko) SR SAM
1 × twin AK-130 130mm/L70 dual purpose guns
6 × AK-630 close-in weapons systems possibly replaced by Kashtan (CADS-N-1)
2 × RBU-6000 anti-submarine mortars
10 × (2 quin) 533mm torpedo tubes
Armor: Splinter plating
Aircraft carried: 1 Ka-25 or Ka-27 Helicopter
Royal Navy - HMS Richmond Frigate F239 in Limassol Cyprus
HMS Richmond (F239)
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Name: HMS Richmond
Operator: Royal Navy
Ordered: December 1989
Builder: Swan Hunter, Tyne and Wear, United Kingdom
Laid down: 16 February 1992
Launched: 6 April 1993
Sponsored by: Lady Hill-Norton
Commissioned: 22 June 1995
Motto: A Deo et Rege
From God and the King
Status: in active service, as of 2015
Badge: HMS Richmond badge.jpg
General characteristics
Class and type: Type 23 Frigate
Displacement: 4,900 t (4,800 long tons; 5,400 short tons)[1]
Length: 133 m (436 ft 4 in)
Beam: 16.1 m (52 ft 10 in)
Draught: 7.3 m (23 ft 9 in)
Propulsion: CODLAG:
Four 1510 kW (2,025 shp) Paxman Valenta 12CM diesel generators
Two GEC electric motors delivering 2980kW (4000 shp)
Two Rolls-Royce Spey SM1C delivering 23,190 kW (31,100 shp)
Speed: In excess of 28 kn (52 km/h; 32 mph)
Range: 7,500 nautical miles (14,000 km) at 15 kn (28 km/h)
Complement: 185 (accommodation for up to 205)
Electronic warfare
and decoys:
UAF-1 ESM, or, UAT Mod 1
Seagnat
Type 182 towed torpedo decoy
Surface Ship Torpedo Defence
Armament:
Anti-air missiles:
1 × 32-cell Sea Wolf GWS.26 VLS canisters for 32:
Sea Wolf missiles (range 1-10 km)
Anti-ship missiles:
2 × quad Harpoon launchers
Anti-submarine torpedoes:
2 × Twin 12.75 in (324 mm) Sting Ray torpedo tubes
Guns:
1 × BAE 4.5 inch Mk 8 naval gun
2 × 30mm DS30M Mk2 guns, or, 2× 30mm DS30B guns
2 × Miniguns
4 × General purpose machine guns
Aircraft carried: 1 × Lynx HMA8, armed with;
4 × Sea Skua anti ship missiles, or
2 × anti submarine torpedoes
or
1 × Westland Merlin HM1, armed with;
4 × anti submarine torpedoes
Aviation facilities:
Flight deck
Enclosed hangar
Russian Navy - Vice Admiral Kulakov
Russian destroyer Vice-Admiral Kulakov
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Vice-Admiral Kulakov (Russian: «Вице-адмирал Кулаков») is a Udaloy-class destroyer of the Russian Navy. As of 2014, the ship was in active service.
Vice-Admiral Kulakov was commissioned in 1982 and was on combat duty with the Northern Fleet until March 1991, when she was retired for repairs that lasted more than 18 years. The ship returned to the Severomorsk base on 7 December 2010 and in preparation for the vessel's return to active duty.[1] On 5 January 2011, a fire broke out in one of the ship's mess-rooms. It was reported to be caused by a short circuit. The damage was minimal and did not reduce the combat effectiveness of the ship.[2]
On 3 September 2011 the destroyer conducted the first underway landings tests for the new Ka-52K helicopter.[3]
In 2012 the destroyer was escorting commercial convoys as a part of the anti-piracy mission in the Gulf of Aden.[4] In July 2012, Vice-Admiral Kulakov was leading a flotilla of the Northern Fleet to the Eastern Mediterranean to conduct naval drills, close to the Syrian coast.[5] In August 2012 she paid a 5-day visit to Portsmouth Naval Base, England. In September 2012 Vice-Admiral Kulakov also visited Cobh, Ireland.
Kulakov was part of the 70th Anniversary Commemorations of the Battle of the Atlantic in Liverpool, England in May 2013.[6]
In April 2014, a British destroyer, HMS Dragon, was deployed to waters north of Scotland to track Vice-Admiral Kulakov as the destroyer sailed near the United Kingdom amid heightened tensions between Russia and the UK.
Name: Vice-Admiral Kulakov
Launched: 1980
Christened: Fyodor Kulakov
Commissioned: 1982
Refit: 1991–2010
Status: in active service, as of 2014
General characteristics
Class & type: Udaloy-class destroyer
Displacement:
6,200 t (6,102 long tons) standard
7,900 t (7,775 long tons) full load
Length: 163 m (535 ft)
Beam: 19 m (62 ft)
Draught: 7.8 m (26 ft)
Propulsion: 2 shaft COGAG, 4 gas turbines, 89,000 kW (120,000 hp)
Speed: 35 knots (65 km/h)
Range: 10,500 nautical miles (19,400 km) at 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph)
Complement: 300
Sensors and
processing systems:
1 × Fregat MAE-4
1 × New Fregat MAE radar complex
Armament:
2 × 4 SS-N-14 anti submarine/ship missiles
4 × vertical launchers for SA-N-9 surface-to-air missiles
1 × Gibka(3M14) ADMS station
2 × 1 100 mm (3.9 in) guns
4 × 30 mm AK630 Gatling guns
2 × 4 553 mm (22 in) torpedo tubes, Type 53 ASW/ASuW torpedo
2 × RBU-6000 anti-submarine rocket launchers
Aircraft carried: 2 x Ka-27 'Helix' series helicopters
Aviation facilities: Helicopter deck and hangar
French Navy - Frigate MONTCALM D642
French frigate Montcalm D642
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Montcalm is a F70 type anti-submarine frigate of the French Marine Nationale. The French navy does not use the term destroyer for any of its ships; hence some of the larger ships, referred to as frigate, are registered as destroyers. She is the fourth French vessel named after the 18th century Marshal marquess Louis de Montcalm de Saint Véran.
Montcalm was involved in operations off Libya during the 2011 Libyan Civil War.From 13 to 26 October 2014, the frigate took part in the large international operational exercise Catamaran 2014 that practiced an amphibious assault.
Name: Montcalm
Namesake: Louis de Montcalm de Saint Véran
Builder: Brest arsenal
Laid down: 5 December 1975
Launched: 31 May 1980
Commissioned: 28 May 1982
Status: in active service, as of 2015
Class and type: Georges Leygues-class frigate
Displacement: 3,550 t
4,500 t full load
Length: 139 m
Beam: 14 m
Height: 39.36 m
Draught: 5.8 m
Propulsion: CODOG
2 × Pielstick PA 6 V280 STD diesels, 5,200 hp
2 × Rolls Royce Olympus TM3B gas turbines, 26,000 hp
2 shafts with 4-blade controllable pitch propellers
Speed: 30 knots on gas turbines
21 knots on diesels
Range: 1,000 nmi at 30 kn on gas turbines
10,000 nmi at 15 kn on diesels
Complement: 20 officers
120 non-commissioned officers
95 men
Sensors and
processing systems: Detection:
1 Air/surface sentry radar DRBV51C
1 Air sentry radar DRBV 26
1 Fire control radar DRBC 32E
2 Navigation radar KH 1007
1 Hull sonar DUBV 23
1 Towed sonar DUBV 43C
Tactical information:
SENIT 4
SEAO/OPSMER
Electronic warfare
and decoys: 2 Radar interceptors ARBR 16
2 × Syllex chaff launchers
Armament: Anti-air:
1 × Crotale EDIR system - 8 missiles on launcher + 18 stored
2 × Siadral systems - 2 × 6 Mistral missiles
1 × CADAM 100 mm main gun
2 × 20 mm guns
4 × 12.7 mm machine guns
Anti-surface:
4 × Exocet MM40 missiles
Anti-submarine:
10 × L5 Mod4 torpedoes
2 × L5 torpedo launchers
Aircraft carried: 2 × Lynx WG13 Mk.4 helicopters, each with:
1 × DUAV4 sonar
Rheseda system for transmission of acoustic data
12 × Mark 46 torpedoes to be replaced by MU90 torpedoes
Launches Future USS Sioux City - Jan. 30, 2015
U.S. Navy to receive nation’s 11th littoral combat ship
an. 30, 2015 – The Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT)-led industry team launched the nation's 11th Littoral Combat Ship (LCS), Sioux City, into the Menominee River at the Fincantieri Marinette Marine (FMM) shipyard today.
The ship’s sponsor, Mrs. Mary Winnefeld, christened Sioux City with the traditional smashing of a champagne bottle across the ship's bow just prior to the launch.
“It is an honor and a privilege to serve as the sponsor of the future USS Sioux City and to be a part of this major milestone along the way to her assuming her place as part of the great U.S. Navy fleet,” said Mrs. Winnefeld. “I also look forward to an ongoing relationship with her courageous crews and their families throughout the ship's lifetime.
Following christening and launch, Sioux City will continue to undergo outfitting and testing before delivery to the Navy in early 2017.
The future USS Sioux City’s interchangeable mission modules will empower her to face a variety of high-priority missions, from Anti-Surface Warfare to Anti-Submarine Warfare to Mine Countermeasures,” said Joe North, Lockheed Martin vice president of Littoral Ships & Systems. “She is ideally suited to navigate the reefs and shallows in the Asia-Pacific, as USS Fort Worth has demonstrated on her current 20-month deployment.