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Design

Main article: Independence-class littoral combat ship

In 2002, the U.S. Navy initiated a program to develop the first of a fleet of littoral combat ships.[5] The Navy initially ordered two trimaran hulled ships from General Dynamics, which became known as the Independence-class littoral combat ships after the first ship of the class, USS Independence.[5] Even-numbered U.S. Navy littoral combat ships are built using the Independence-class trimaran design, while odd-numbered ships are based on a competing design, the conventional monohull Freedom-class littoral combat ship.[5] The initial order of littoral combat ships involved a total of four ships, including two of the Independence-class design.[5] On 29 December 2010, the Navy announced that it was awarding Austal USA (of $11 million) a contract to build ten additional Independence-class littoral combat ships.[6][7] Austal took full responsibilities for design, planning, and material support services for the vessel, including programme management, advance planning, engineering, design, material kitting, liaison and scheduling.

Jackson is the third Independence-class littoral combat ship to be built. Jackson was built by Austal USA in Mobile, Alabama. During the manufacturing process Alcoa Global Rolled Products (NYSE:AA)delievered two sets of ready to install aluminum Amah tips. An Amah tip is the leading edge of the all-aluminum, trimaran-type vessel’s outrigger, or amah, and is more than seven feet across and weighs 850 pounds.[1] Jackson is the second Independence-class ship to carry standard 7 meteres (23 ft) long rigid-hulled inflatable boats and improvements in corrosion protection and propulsion over the original Independence (LCS-2) design.[7] Jackson has a total length of 128.5 meters (421.5 ft), total height of 38.5 meters (126.3 ft), Beam 31.6 meters (103.7ft), total displacement of roughly 3.200 metric tons fully loaded, and a speed capacity excess of 40 knots.

Maintenance of the ship will consist of five preventative maintenance inspections per month. Corrective maintenance will push the ship ashore and be corrected by distance support and fly-away teams. Unlike most ships the USS Jackson requires to be pushed ashore for quarterly and corrective maintenance. Other maintenance is corrected by U.S. contractors.

Purpose

The USS Jackson is still in commission today in the United States Navy. The ship has an operational range of 4,300nm and can operate in water less than 20 feet deep at a max speed of 40 knots. The ships duties include but not limited to: deterring hostility, maintaining a forward presence, projecting power and maintaining sea control. Further duties include reliance on off-ship support, a paradigm of maintenance execution focused on monthly preventive maintenance periods, non-crew performance of preventive and facilities maintenance, a Blue and Gold crewing model and reliance on shore-based and virtual training for off-hull and per-commissioning crews.

History

Initiated in February 2002, the LCS program represents a significant reduction in time to acquire, design and build ships in comparison to any previous ship class. Currently, a total of 32 LCS are planned: 11 ships have been delivered (LCS 1-10 and 12); 12 additional LCS are under various stages of construction and four are in the pre-construction phase. Construction of Jackson (LCS 6) began on 1 August 2011 with the first cutting of aluminum at Austal USA's Modular Manufacturing facility in Mobile, Alabama.[8] The name of the ship was announced on 5 October 2011 by the Secretary of the Navy and former governor of Mississippi, Ray Mabus. Jackson is the capital of Mississippi and has deep ties to Navy ship building. [9] The ship was launched on 14 December 2013.[2] Jackson was delivered to the Navy on 11 August 2015 and placed into service that day.[2]

The ship was commissioned in a 5 December 2015 ceremony in Gulf port, Mississippi.[1][10] She has been assigned to Littoral Combat Ship Squadron ONE[11]

Jackson underwent the first of three shock trials[12] in waters off Florida on 16 June 2016, and the last being reported having been completed the week prior to 20 July 2016.[13] A charge of 10,000 pounds (4,500 kg) was set off at around 100 yards (91 m) with the ship wired with around 260 instruments to record the effects.[14] The ship continues to serve in the United States Navy to this day.

References

US Navy.(10 October 2018). Littoral Combat Ship Class – LCS. Retrieved from                    https://www.navy.mil/navydata/fact_display.asp?cid=4200&tid=1650&ct=4

Austal to support post shakedown availability for USS jackson (LCS 6). (2015, Apr 21). Progressive Digital Media Defense (Incl, Airforce, Army, Navy and Homeland Security) News Retrieved from http://proxy.library.cpp.edu/login?url=https://search-proquest-com.proxy.library.cpp.edu/docview/1676564015?accountid=10357

Alcoa. (4AD, Winter 2012). Alcoa Provides Aluminum Amah Tips to Austal for Littoral Combat Ship USS Jackson (LCS 6). Business Wire (English). Retrieved from http://proxy.library.cpp.edu/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&AuthType=ip,uid&db=bwh&AN=bizwire.c41012386&site=ehost-live&scope=site

USS jackson christened. (2014, Apr). Jackson Advocate Retrieved from http://proxy.library.cpp.edu/login?url=https://search-proquest-com.proxy.library.cpp.edu/docview/1521917713?accountid=10357

Tactical Life. (January 3rd, 2014).[Illustration of the ships launch]. Austal USA Launches Future USS Jackson, LCS 6. Retrieved from https://www.tactical-life.com/news/austal-usa-launches-future-uss-jackson-lcs-6/