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LCS-6 Jackson

LCS-6 Jackson

Country: United States United States

Class, [Type]: Independence, [LCS].

Builder: Austal USA, Mobile, Alabama, U.S.A.

Launch date: 14 December 2013.

Commission date: 05 December 2015.

Displacement ( tons ): 2.307 light, 3.104 full load.

Dimensions ( metres ): 127 x 32 x 4,3

Main machinery: 2 x GE LM2500 gas turbines, 2 × MTU Friedrichshafen 20V 8000 Series diesel, 2 x LJ160E + 2 x LJ150E Wärtsilä waterjets.

Speed ( knots ): 44.

Range ( miles ): 4.300 at 18 knots.

Complement: 40 ( 8 officers ) + 35.

Guns: 1 × BAE Systems Mk 110 57mm, 1 × Raytheon SeaRAM CIWS, 4 × 12,7mm, 2 × Mk44 30mm Bushmaster II.

Missiles:  ASM: 24 x AGM-114L Hellfire.

Military lift: Mission bay is 1.410m2 (11.000m3) and allows up to 210tons (vehicles, cargo, ...).

Radar: Navigation: 1 x Sperry Marine BridgeMaster E; Air/Surface Search: 1 x SAAB AN/SPS-77(V)1 Sea GIRAFFE, 3D; E/O: 1 x SeaFLIR II AN/KAX-2.

Countermeasures: Decoys: 4 x SRBOC decoy launchers, Nulka decoy system; ESM: 1 x ES-3601.

Helicopter: 1 × MH-60R/S Seahawk, 2 × MQ-8B Fire Scout or 1 × MQ-8C Fire Scout.

Callsign: NJAK (NovemberJulietAlfaKilo)

Homeport: San Diego.

Unit: Littoral Combat Ship Squadron One.

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