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FREEDOM CLASS LCS
Freedom
class ships are designed for a variety of missions in
shallow waters, minesweeping and humanitarian relief,
capable against submarines and small ships, but not
designed to take on large warships. The ship is a semi-planing
monohull design. The friction stir welded aluminum
deckhouse is very flat which, combined with an angular
design, makes it difficult for radar systems to detect.
The Freedom class LCS is built
by Lockheed Martin in alliance with Gibbs & Cox,
Marinette Marine and Bollinger Shipyards. The first ship
of the class, the USS Freedom, was laid down in 2005. It
was launched in 2008 and commissioned in during the same
year.
The Freedom class LCS can achieve an astonishing speed of 47 kn. The design incorporates a reconfigurable seaframe to allow rapidly interchangeable mission
modules, a flight deck with integrated helicopter
launch, recovery and handling system, and the capability
to launch and recover boats from both the stern and
side. The ship has four Fincantieri Isotta-Fraschini
diesel generators, rated at 750-800 kW each. These
provide 3 MW off electrical power which allows the ship
to go as fast as 47 knots. The ship has a
displacement of 3,500 metric tons at full load.
The flight
deck of the Freedom class is one and a half times larger than that of a
standard surface ship. The
ship has two ways to launch and recover various mission
packages: a stern ramp and a starboard side door near
the waterline.
The fore deck has a modular weapons zone
which can be used for a 57 mm gun turret or missile
launcher. A Rolling Airframe Missile launcher is mounted
above the hangar for short-range defense against
aircraft and cruise missiles, and .50-caliber gun mounts
are provided topside. The Fleet-class unmanned surface
vessel is designed for operations from Freedom-variant
ships.
USS
Milwaukee was the first Freedom-class LCS fitted with
cavitation performance waterjets (Rolls Royce Axial-Flow
Waterjet Mk-1). The jets create partial vacuums in
liquid using an improved impeller blade design.
Cavitation jets deliver 10% greater fuel efficiency with
less noise and vibration.
Starting
with LCS-17, the Freedom-class ships are equipped
with the TRS-4D naval radar. The TRS-4D is an AESA radar
built by Airbus Defense and Space. It is the first AESA rotating radar aboard a U.S. Navy
ship. It is a three-dimensional, multifunction naval
radar combining mechanical and electronic azimuth
scanning that delivers increased sensitivity to detect
smaller targets with greater accuracy and faster track
generation.
This primarily wood scratch-built FREEDOM CLASS LCS model comes in the
following sizes:
1/200 scale:
26" long x 11" tall x 6" wide $2,540 shipping and insurance in the
contiguous USA
included, other places: $200 flat rate.
1/144 scale:
33" long $2,990 shipping and insurance in the
contiguous USA
included, other places: $300 flat rate.
1/100 scale:
46" long $4,575 shipping and insurance in the
contiguous USA
included, other places: $450 flat rate.
Model is built per commission only. We require only
a small deposit to start the process. Please click here for
more details.
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learn about authentic
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models.
There are
16 Freedom-class vessels and we can make any of
them.
If you are a sailor or an ex-sailor on
a ship and you'd like to change/add/subtract some
features on the model to reflect the ship at the
time of your service, we can do that for you.
Freedom LCS-1, Fort Worth LCS-3, Milwaukee LCS-5,
Detroit LCS-7, Little Rock LCS-9, Sioux City LCS-11
,Wichita LCS-13, Billings LCS-15, Indianapolis
LCS-17, St. Louis LCS-19, Minneapolis-Saint Paul
LCS-21, Cooperstown LCS-23, Marinette LCS-25,
Nantucket LCS-27, Beloit LCS-29 22 , Cleveland
LCS-31.
If you want a
camouflage version of the Freedom class, let us
know. We are the master of this art. Visit this page to enjoy a similar one:
seal patrol boat.
Learn more about the
Freedom class here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom-class_littoral_combat_ship
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