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USS Cooperstown

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USS Cooperstown at commissioning
History
United States
Name Cooperstown
Namesake Cooperstown
Awarded 29 December 2010 [4]
Builder Marinette Marine [4]
Laid down 14 August 2018 [5]
Launched 19 January 2020 [1]
Sponsored by Alba Tull [1]
Christened 29 February 2020 [1]
Acquired 20 September 2022 [2]
Commissioned 6 May 2023 [3]
Homeport Naval Station Mayport
Motto America's Away Team
Status In active service
Badge
General characteristics
Class and type Freedom -class littoral combat ship
Length 378 ft (115 m)
Speed >40 knots (74 km/h; 46 mph)

USS Cooperstown (LCS-23) is a Freedom -class littoral combat ship of the United States Navy . She is the first naval ship named after Cooperstown, New York . [6] [7]

Ray Mabus , while Secretary of the Navy , announced the naming of Cooperstown on 25 July 2015 during a ceremony at the Baseball Hall of Fame , which is located in Cooperstown. The announcement was part of the ceremony which was honoring baseball players who served in World War II . [8] Her name honors American military veterans [a] from multiple conflicts (starting with Morgan Bulkeley , first president of the National League , in the Civil War ) [9] who are members of the Baseball Hall of Fame. [7] [10]

Design [ edit ]

In 2002, the US Navy initiated a program to develop the first of a fleet of littoral combat ships . [11] 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 . [11] [12] 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 . [11] The initial order of littoral combat ships involved a total of four ships, including two of the Freedom -class design. [11]   Cooperstown is the 12th Freedom -class littoral combat ship to be built.

Construction and career [ edit ]

Marinette Marine was awarded the contract to build the ship on 29 December 2010, [4] at their shipyard in Marinette, Wisconsin . [13] On 20 November 2019, United States Vice President Mike Pence toured the ship prior to giving a speech at Marinette Marine. [14] Cooperstown was launched on 19 January 2020 and christened on 29 February 2020. [1] She was delivered to the Navy in September 2022. [15] Her home port is Naval Station Mayport in Jacksonville, Florida . [15]

USS Cooperstown saving stranded mariner

During routine operations on 11 March 2023, Cooperstown provided emergency assistance to a sailing vessel that was in distress. [16]

On 6 May 2023, the ship was commissioned in New York City . [3] [10]

Notes [ edit ]

  1. ^ The number of American military veterans who have been inducted to the Baseball Hall of Fame was originally reported as 68. [7] Subsequent reports place the number at 70, [9] as both Gil Hodges and Buck O'Neil , who served in World War II, were elected in 2022 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting .

References [ edit ]

  1. ^ a b c d "Littoral Combat Ship 23 (Cooperstown) Christened" (Press release). Lockheed Martin. 1 March 2020 . Retrieved 2 March 2020 .
  2. ^ "Navy Accepts Delivery of Future USS Cooperstown (LCS 23)" (Press release). NAVSEA. 23 September 2022 . Retrieved 23 September 2022 .
  3. ^ a b "USS Cooperstown is Commissioned in New York" (Press release). United States Navy. 6 May 2023 . Retrieved 6 May 2023 .
  4. ^ a b c "Cooperstown (LCS-23)" . Naval Vessel Register . Retrieved 25 July 2016 .
  5. ^ "Team Freedom Lays Keel on Nation's 23rd Littoral Combat Ship" (Press release). Lockheed Martin. 14 August 2018 . Retrieved 14 August 2018 .
  6. ^ "Navy Names Littoral Combat Ship" (Press release). U.S. Department of Defense . 26 July 2015 . Retrieved 26 July 2015 .
  7. ^ a b c "Navy Names Littoral Combat Ship USS Cooperstown" . National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum . 25 July 2015 . Retrieved 26 July 2015 .
  8. ^ "Navy to commission USS Cooperstown" . Cooperstown Crier . Retrieved 26 July 2015 .
  9. ^ a b "USS Cooperstown Mast-Stepping Ceremony" . baseballhall.org . Retrieved 13 November 2022 .
  10. ^ a b "Navy commissions USS Cooperstown; honors war veteran players" . Associated Press. 7 May 2023 . Retrieved 8 May 2023 .
  11. ^ a b c d "US Navy Fact File: Littoral Combat Ship Class ? LCS" . US Navy. Archived from the original on 2 March 2015 . Retrieved 30 October 2015 .
  12. ^ 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 .
  13. ^ "Start Of Construction on LCS 23 (Cooperstown)" (PDF) . The Beacon (Summer 2017). Fincantieri Marinette Marine: 3. 31 July 2017 . Retrieved 1 August 2017 .
  14. ^ Sussman, Rob (20 November 2019). "Pence Touts Jobs in Marinette Speech" . WTAQ News Talk . Retrieved 29 February 2020 .
  15. ^ a b Mongilio, Heather (26 September 2022). "Lockheed Martin Delivers 12th Freedom-Class LCS Cooperstown" . USNI.org .
  16. ^ Junco, Anthony (11 March 2023). "USS Cooperstown Rescues Mariner" . dvidshub.net .
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