USS Charleston (LCS-18)
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Sister ship USS Independence
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| Name: | Charleston |
| Namesake: | Charleston, South Carolina |
| Awarded: | 10 March 2014[1] |
| Builder: | Austal USA |
| 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 (74 km/h; 46 mph)+, 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 Charleston (LCS-18) will be an Independence-class littoral combat ship of the United States Navy.[1] She will be the sixth ship to be named for Charleston, the oldest and second-largest city in the U.S. state of South Carolina.[2] Charleston is under construction by Austal USA in Mobile, Alabama.[3]
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