Name Marinette Awarded 31 March 2016 Length 115 m | Namesake Marinette, Wisconsin Status On order Builder Marinette Marine | |
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Class and type Freedom-class littoral combat ship Speed >40 knots (46 mph; 74 km/h) | ||
USS Marinette (LCS-25) will be a Freedom-class littoral combat ship of the United States Navy. According to the Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus, LCS-25 will be the first ship in naval service named after Marinette, Wisconsin. This claim overlooks the Navy's Nantick-class large harbor tug Marinette YTB-791, also named after Marinette, Wisconsin.
Marinette Marine was awarded the contract to build the ship on 31 March 2016.
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USS Marinette (LCS-25) Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA