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Minneapolis-Saint Paul (LCS 21)


Flag Hoist / Radio Call Sign:
N - M - S - P
"Aut Viam Inveniam Aut Faciam"
(I Will Find A Way Or Make One)
Specifications - LCS Littoral Combat Ship - Freedom Class (Variant 1, Flight 0, first generation):
Hull Type: Semi-planing Monohull
Displacement: 2135 tons (light), 2862 tons (full) Dead Weight: 727 tons
Length: 324 (wl), 378.9' (oa)
Beam: 43' (wl), 57' (extreme)
Draft: 13' (navigational), 14' (draft limit)
Propulsion: Two Rolls-Royce MT30 36MW gas turbines, FM Colt-Pielstick 16PA6B STC diesel engines driving four Rolls-Royce waterjets
Auxiliary Power: Four Isotta Fraschini Model V1708 ship service diesel generator sets
Speed: 45 kts
Armament: BAE Systems Land and Armaments Mk110 57mm naval gun system
Combat Management System: Lockheed Martin open architecture COMBATSS-21
Electronics: EADS TRS-3D C-band radar (air / surface surveillance, weapon assignment)
Decoy System: Soft-Kill Weapon System (SKWS) decoy launcher from Terma A/S of Denmark
Complement: 26
Minneapolis-Saint Paul (LCS 21) Building and Operational Data:
  • 29 December 2010: Contract Awarded to Lockheed Martin Corp.
  • 03 September 2015: Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus announced LCS 21 will be named USS Minneapolis / St. Paul
  • 22 February 2018: Keel laid at Marinette Marine Shipyard, Marinette, Wis.; keel authenticated by sponsor Jodi J. Greene, Deputy Undersecretary of the Navy for Policy and a native of Northfield, Minn.
  • 15 June 2019: Launched, christened by sponsor Jodi Greene, principal address given by U.S. Representative Betty McCollum (DFL-Minn.)
  • 21 August 2020: Completed builder's trials
  • 02 February 2021: Delivery being held up due to a design defect being discovered in the propulsion combining gear assembly designed and manufactured by Renk AG
  • 29 April 2021: Departed Marinette Marine for Escanaba, Mich., propulsion combining gear assembly is scheduled to be repaired at North Shore Marine Terminal and Logistics Shiipyard
  • 18 November 2021: In a ceremony held at Escanaba, Mich., the U.S. Navy accepted delivery of the ship from its builder, commissioning is scheduled for May 2022 at Duluth, Minn.
  • 21 May 2022: Commissioned at Duluth, Minn., Cmdr. Alfonza White in command, assigned to LCS Squadron Two at Mayport, Fla.
  • 11 July 2022: Arrived at her homeport, Mayport, Fla.
  • 11 September 2022: Struck by the Royal Danish Navy sail training ship Danmark while moored in Baltimore Inner Harbor on a port visit for Maryland Fleet Week & Flyover Baltimore, no injuries or serious damage

    Note:
    1.) The contract option awarded to Lockheed Martin Corporation is managed by Lockheed Martin's Maritime Systems and Sensors division in Moorestown, N.J. The Lockheed Martin team includes: Marinette Marine shipyard, Bollinger Shipyards, Gibbs and Cox naval architects, Izar of Spain and Blohm & Voss naval shipbuilders.

    2.) The contract option awarded to General Dynamics is managed by Bath Iron Works at Bath ME. The major members of General Dynamics team are: Austal USA, based in Mobile AL; BAE Systems, Rockville MD; Maritime Applied Physics Corporation, Baltimore MD; CAE Marine Systems, Leesburg VA; Northrop Grumman Electronic Systems, Baltimore MD; General Dynamics Armament and Technical Products, Burlington VT; General Dynamics Electric Boat, Groton CT; General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems, Washington DC; and General Dynamics Canada, Ottawa, Ontario.

    "Minneapolis-Saint Paul, The Ship"     -    "Minneapolis-Saint Paul, The People"
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    1501001a    		 172k 27 May 2004: Washington, D.C. - The U.S. Navy announced today that Lockheed Martin Corporation - Maritime Systems & Sensors Division, Moorestown, N.J., will be one of two defense contracting teams awarded contract options for final system design with options for detail design and construction of up to two Flight 0 Littoral Combat Ships (LCS). The LCS is an entirely new breed of U.S. Navy warship. A fast, agile, and networked surface combatant, LCS's modular, focused-mission design will provide Combatant Commanders the required warfighting capabilities and operational flexibility to ensure maritime dominance and access for the joint force. LCS will operate with focused-mission packages that deploy manned and unmanned vehicles to execute missions including, Special Operations Forces (SOF) support, high-speed transit, Maritime Interdiction Operations (MIO), Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR), and Anti-Terrorism/Force Protection (AT/FP).

    (Artist concept provided to the U.S. Navy courtesy of Lockheed Martin Corporation, Photo #040527-O-0000L-003, from the Navy News Stand)    		 Mike Smolinski
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    Freedom
    1501001b    		 365k undated: Marinette, Wis. - An aerial view of Fincantieri Marinette Marine, which was founded in 1942 along the south bank of the Menominee River in Marinette, Wisconsin. The river forms the border between Wisconsin and Michigan's Upper Peninsula. Originally built to meet America's growing demand for naval construction, today FMM is one of the premier builders of vessels for the U.S. Navy and Coast Guard. From humble beginnings with a contract to build five wooden barges, FMM has grown into a world-class shipbuilder, having designed and built more than 1,500 vessels. In conjunction with the Lockheed Martin Corp., all of the planned Freedom Class LCS's will be built here, beginning in 2005 with USS Freedom (LCS 1).

    (Photo courtesy of Lockheed Martin, Fincantiere Marinette Marine)

    Minneapolis-Saint Paul
    1521001    		 290k 17 July 2019: Duluth, Minn. - Duluth Mayor Emily Larson, left, and Deputy Undersecretary of the Navy Jodi Greene announce Duluth as the commissioning city of the future littoral combat ship USS Minneapolis-Saint Paul (LCS 21) during a joint press conference at City Hall during Duluth Navy Week, 17 July 2019. The Navy Office of Community Outreach uses the Navy Week program to bring Navy Sailors, equipment and displays to approximately 14 American cities each year for a week-long schedule of outreach engagements designed for Americans to experience firsthand how the U.S. Navy is the Navy the nation needs.

    (U.S. Navy photo #190717-N-AV754-1111 by MC2 Evan Thompson from the Defense Visual Information Distribution Service)
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    Thursday, 22 February 2018: Marinette, Wis. -
    The U.S. Navy, together with shipbuilders at the Fincantieri Marinette Marine shipyard, laid the keel for the future littoral combat ship USS
    Minneapolis-Saint Paul (LCS 21) during a keel laying ceremony in Marinette, Wis. The ship's sponsor, Jodi Greene, authenticated the
    keel by having her initials welded onto a steel plate that will be placed in the hull of the ship.

    (Photos courtesy of  LCS Team Freedom, Flickr)

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    Friday, 31 May 2019: Marinette, Wis. -
    The future littoral combat ship USS Minneapolis-Saint Paul is moved from an indoor production facility at Fincantiere
    Marinette Marine to the launchway in preparation for its upcoming launch into the Menomenee River.

    (Photos courtesy of  LCS Team Freedom, Flickr)

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    Friday, 14 June 2019: Marinette, Wis. -
    The future USS Minneapolis-Saint Paul holds a "Mast Box" ceremony.

    Mast-stepping is an ancient Greek and Roman practice of putting coins at the base of a mast of a ship under construction and has continued throughout history. It is believed that
    due to the dangers of early sea travel, the coins were placed under the mast so the crew would be able to cross into the afterlife if the ship were sunk. The Romans believed it was
    necessary for a person to take coins with them to pay Charon, who in Greek mythology is the ferryman of Hades, the god of the dead and the king of the Underworld, in order to
    cross the river Styx, a deity and a river that forms the boundary between Earth and the Underworld, to the afterlife. Another theory for this practice is that the insertion of coins in
    buildings and ships may have functioned as a form of sacrifice thanking the gods for a successful construction, or a request for divine protection in the future. A third theory is that
    corrosion-resistant coins of gold or silver provided a physical barrier minimizing the transmission of rot between the wooden mast and wooden mast step. Modern U.S. Naval mast
    stepping consists of having mementos from the ship and her sponsor placed in a small box, which is welded shut and then welded to the mast.

    (Photos courtesy of  LCS Team Freedom, Flickr)

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    Friday, 14 June 2019: Menominee, Mich. -
    On the Friday evening before Saturday's christening and launch of the future littoral combat ship USS Minneapolis-Saint Paul, a dinner is held
    to honor the ship's sponsor. Here are some photos from the dinner honoring Jodi J. Greene, former Deputy Undersecretary of the Navy for Policy.

    (Photos courtesy of  LCS Team Freedom, Flickr)

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    Saturday, 15 June 2019: Marinette, Wis. -
    On a chilly Saturday, the future littoral combat ship USS Minneapolis-Saint Paul is christened by sponsor Jodi J. Greene, and immediately
    launched into the Menominee River. Minnesota congresswoman Betty McCollum (MN-04) gave the ceremony's principal address.

    (Photos courtesy of  LCS Team Freedom, Flickr)

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    Wednesday, 19 August 2020: Lake Michigan -
    The future littoral combat ship USS Minneapolis-Saint Paul is put through her paces during builder's trials.

    (Photos courtesy of  LCS Team Freedom, Flickr)

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    16 May 2022: Duluth, Minn. -
    The future littoral combat ship USS Minneapolis-Saint Paul arrives in Duluth, Minnesota. PCU LCS-21 is a United
    States Navy Freedom-class littoral combat ship that will be commissioned in the Port of Duluth on Saturday, 21 May 2022.

    (U.S. Navy photos #220516-Z-BQ052-1004, 220516-Z-BQ052-1016, 220516-Z-UL805-1003, 220516-Z-UL805-1011, and 220516-Z-BQ052-1001
    by Audra Flanagan, 148th Fighter Wing Public Affairs, USANG, from the Defense Visual Information Distribution Service)

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    Saturday, 21 May 2022: Duluth, Minnesota -
    The USS Minneapolis-Saint Paul was commissioned today at Duluth, Minnesota. USS Minneapolis-Saint Paul (LCS 21) is the second naval vessel named after Minnesota’s Twin Cities. However, U.S. Navy ships have been named after each city separately before. The first warship to bear the name, the Los Angeles-class submarine Minneapolis-Saint Paul, was launched in 1983 and participated in Operation Desert Storm. It was the first submarine to carry Tomahawk missiles, striking Iraqi targets during the conflict. Serving for over 20 years, the submarine was decommissioned in 2007. The principal speaker at the commissioning ceremony, Representative Betty McCollum of Minnesota’s 4th District, stated that “the strength of America’s national security … [is] being tested today like they have not been in decades.” “I can think of no two names that represent that strength more than Minneapolis and Saint Paul. Together we are one team – those who built this fine ship, and those who will serve on her. It is the strength and determination of the American people that is the backbone of our national security,” she added. Minneapolis-Saint Paul will be based at Naval Station Mayport, Florida.

    1.) The audience awaits the commissioning of USS Minneapolis-Saint Paul (LCS 21) in Duluth, Minnesota.. .................................................................................................................220521-N-HV059-0003
    2.) Sailors of the Navy's newest littoral combat ship, USS Minneapolis-Saint Paul, salute the audience during the commissioning ceremony. ....................................................220521-N-HV059-0008
    3.) Lt. Nikki Rom sings the National Anthem during the commissioning ceremony of USS Minneapolis-Saint Paul (LCS 21). .................................................................................220521-N-HV059-0002
    4.) The Civil War-era militia, the New Ulm Battery, render honors with the Saluting Battery during the commissioning ceremony of USS Minneapolis-Saint Paul.. .........0521-N-HV059-0001
    5.) The ship's sponsor and former Deputy Undersecretary of the Navy Jodi Greene gives remarks during the commissioning ceremony. ..................................................................220521-N-HV059-0006
    6.) Commander Alfonza White, commanding officer of Minneapolis-Saint Paul, salutes Captain David Miller, Commander, Littoral Combat Ship Squadron 2. .................220521-N-HV059-0009
    7.) Commander Alfonza White, commanding officer of USS Minneapolis-Saint Paul, during the commissioning ceremony of his ship. .................................................................220521-N-HV059-0004
    8.) After the sponsor commanded, "Bring our ship to life!" Minneapolis-Saint Paul sailors man the ship during the commissioning ceremony. ...................................................220521-N-HV059-0007
    9.) Crew members of the USS Minneapolis-Saint Paul set the watch during the commissioning ceremony in Duluth, Minnesota. ............................................................................220521-N-HV059-0005

    (Photos courtesy of the Defense Visual Information Distribution Service)

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    1521073    		 181k 09 June 2022: St. Lawrence River - USS The Littoral Combat ship USS Minneapolis-Saint Paul (LCS 21) provided emergency assistance to a motor vessel in distress while transiting the St. Lawrence River. Minneapolis-Saint Paul received notification that motor vessel was taking on water near Cat Island Shoals. Diverting course to provide assistance to the vessel, Minneapolis-Saint Paul then deployed their rigid-hull inflatable boat to rescue the stranded mariner. Safely recovering the stranded mariners and they transferred them to a Fire Rescue boat.

    (U.S. Navy photo #220603-N-WH773-310 by Lt. Anthony Junco, LCSRon Two, from the Defense Visual Information Distribution Service)
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    1521074    		 341k 15 June 2022: The Atlantic Ocean - After 17 locks, five Great Lakes, four port visits, and hundreds of miles traveled later, USS Minneapolis-Saint Paul (LCS 21) at last arrived in the Atlantic Ocean, continuing its voyage to its future homeport in Mayport, Florida. After the commissioning festivities concluded, the ship began her transit eastward. Along the way, she stopped in Cleveland, Ohio, Quebec City, Quebec and Halifax, Nova Scotia for refueling, stores replenishment and liberty for the crew.The road to make it to the Atlantic Ocean included months of preparation from the crew. In less than two months after move aboard in March, the crew certified in several mission areas required to safely operate and get underway including: Search and Rescue, Navigation, Damage Control, Communications and Cyber, and passed its initial Engineering Light Off Assessment.

    (U.S. Navy photo #220505-N-WH773-773 by Lt. Anthony Junco, LCSRon Two, from the Defense Visual Information Distribution Service)
    Minneapolis-Saint Paul
    1521075    		 341k 17 June 2022: New London, Conn. - The recently commissioned Littoral Combat Ship USS Minneapolis-Saint Paul (LCS 21) pulled into Naval Submarine Base New London to replenish supplies. Littoral Combat Ships are a fast, agile, mission-focused platform designed for operation in near-shore environments yet capable of open-ocean operation. It is designed to defeat asymmetric "anti-access" threats and is capable of supporting forward presence, maritime security, sea control, and deterrence.

    (U.S. Navy photo #220617-N-MQ631-1042 by MC3 Maxwell Higgins, from the Defense Visual Information Distribution Service)
    Minneapolis-Saint Paul
    1521076    		 382k 02 September 2022: Annapolis, Maryland - Hospital Corpsman 1st Class Christian Rivera participates in an in-bound sea and anchor evolution to Annapolis, aboard the Freedom-variant littoral combat ship USS Minneapolis-Saint Paul (LCS 21). USS Minneapolis-Saint Paul is scheduled to participate in Fleet Week Maryland 2022.

    (U.S. Navy photo #220902-N-YD864-1008 by MC2 Juel Foster from the Defense Visual Information Distribution Service)
    Minneapolis-Saint Paul
    1521077    		 319k 04 September 2022: Annapolis, Maryland - The littoral combat ship USS Minneapolis-Saint Paul (LCS 21) stands moored at the United States Naval Academy pier in Annapolis, Maryland.

    (U.S. Navy photo #220904-N-YD864-1011 by MC2 Juel Foster from the Defense Visual Information Distribution Service)
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    1521078    		 350k 04 September 2022: Annapolis, Maryland - The littoral combat ship USS Minneapolis-Saint Paul (LCS 21) stands moored at the United States Naval Academy pier in Annapolis, Maryland.

    (U.S. Navy photo #220904-N-YD864-1008 by MC2 Juel Foster from the Defense Visual Information Distribution Service)
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    07 September 2022: Baltimore, Maryland -
    USS Minneapolis-Saint Paul (LCS 21) arriving and preparing to moor in the Baltimore Harbor at the start of Maryland Fleet Week and Air Show Baltimore. Maryland
    Fleet Week and Flyover is Baltimore’s celebration of the sea services and provides an opportunity for the citizens of Maryland and the city of Baltimore to meet Sailors,
    Marines and Coast Guardsmen, as well as see firsthand the latest capabilities of today’s maritime services.

    (U.S. Navy photos #220907-N-VP266-1019, 220907-N-VP266-1034, and 220907-N-NO356-0025
    by MC2 Griffin Kersting (photo left and center) and MC3 Maurice Brown (photo right) from the Defense Visual Information Distribution Service)

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    1521082    		 609k 07 September 2022: Baltimore, Maryland - Danish training ship Danmark arrives in the Baltimore Harbor at the start of Maryland Fleet Week and Flyover.

    (U.S. Navy photo #220907-N-NO356-0105 by MC2 Maurice Brown from the Defense Visual Information Distribution Service)
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    1521083    		 735k 07 September 2022: Baltimore, Maryland - The Danish training ship Danmark, left, prepares to dock next to the Freedom-class littoral combat ship USS Minneapolis-Saint Paul, middle, in Baltimore’s Inner Harbor. On 11 September, while preparing to depart Baltimore, Danmark collided with Minneapolis-Saint Paul, damaging some of her railings. “No U.S. Navy personnel were injured and no serious damage sustained onboard USS Minneapolis St. Paul when the Danish training ship Danmark made contact with the moored LCS while the Danish ship was getting underway from the Baltimore Inner Harbor Sept 11, 2022," a U.S. Navy spokesperson said in a statement.

    (U.S. Navy photo #220907-N-VP266-1101 by MC2 Griffin Kersting from the Defense Visual Information Distribution Service)
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    1521084    		 308k 13 September 2022: Baltimore, Maryland - A Baltimore Police Department boatcrew escorts USS Minneapolis-Saint Paul leaving the Baltimore Harbor at the completion of Maryland Fleet Week and Flyover Baltimore. Fleet Week is celebrates the rich maritime traditions of the Chesapeake Bay and the contributions of Marylanders to the defense of the nation.

    (U.S. Coast Guard photo #220913-G-ZP826-165 by MC3 Kimberly Reaves, USCG District 5, from the Defense Visual Information Distribution Service)
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    1521085    		 473k 13 September 2022: Baltimore, Maryland - A Maritime Safety and Security Team boatcrew escorts USS Minneapolis Saint-Paul leaving the Baltimore Harbor at the completion of Maryland Fleet Week and Flyover Baltimore.

    (U.S. Coast Guard photo #220913-G-ZP826-897 by MC3 Kimberly Reaves, USCG District 5, from the Defense Visual Information Distribution Service)
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    1521086    		 366k 13 September 2022: Chesapeake Bay, Maryland - The Freedom-variant littoral combat ship USS Minneapolis-Saint Paul transits under a bridge following an outbound sea and anchor evolution from Baltimore's Inner Harbor. Minneapolis-Saint Paul traveled to Baltimore in support of Maryland Fleet Week and Flyover Baltimore 2022.

    (U.S. Navy photo #220913-G-ZP826-897 by MC2 Juel Foster from the Defense Visual Information Distribution Service)
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    1521087    		 484k 27 September 2022: Mayport, Fla. – USS Minneapolis-Saint Paul (LCS 21) sorties from U.S. Naval Station Mayport, Fla. in advance of the approaching Hurricane Ian. Minneapolis-Saint Paul will join several other Mayport ships out at sea out of the predicted path of the storm. Other ships in scheduled industrial maintenance periods will receive heavy weather mooring at their respective berths at the naval station to ride out the storm.

    (U.S. Navy photo #220927-N-N3764-0500 by MC2 Juel Foster from the Defense Visual Information Distribution Service)
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    1521088    		 400k 01 July 2023: Bristol, R.I. – The littoral combat ship USS Minneapolis-Saint Paul (LCS 21) anchors in Narragansett Bay near Bristol, Rhode Island. USS Minneapolis-Saint Paul is assigned to Littoral Combat Ship Squadron 2 homeported in Mayport, Florida.

    (U.S. Navy photo #230701-N-WH773-8796 by BM3 Natalie Meehan from the Defense Visual Information Distribution Service)

    "Minneapolis-Saint Paul, The Ship"     -    "Minneapolis-Saint Paul, The People"
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    Date of CommandCommanding Officers
    1.)  08 Aug. 2020 - 19 Sep. 2022Cmdr. Alfonza Octavius White (enl. '95 / OCS '04) (Morton, Miss.)
    2.)  19 Sep. 2022 - 12 May 2023Cmdr. Hiram Andreu (enl. '87 / LDO '03 / Line '09) (Puerto Rico)
    3.)  12 May 2023 - 22 Nov. 2024Cmdr. Justin M. Neff (enl. '96 / STA '09) (Fishkill, N. Y.)
    4.)  22 Nov. 2024 - Cmdr. Steven Fresse (enl. '00 / OCS '07) (Hoboken, N.J.)
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