USS Manchester (LCS-14)

Sister ship USS Independence
History
United States
Name:	Manchester
Namesake:	Manchester, New Hampshire
Awarded:	29 December 2010
Builder:	Austal USA
Laid down:	29 June 2015
Launched:	12 May 2016
Sponsored by:	Jeanne Shaheen
Christened:	7 May 2016
Status:	Under construction
General characteristics
Class and 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:	53 core crew (11 officers, 42 enlisted) plus up to 35 mission crew
Sensors and processing systems:	Sea Giraffe 3D Surface/Air RADAR Bridgemaster-E Navigational RADAR AN/KAX-2 EO/IR sensor for GFC
Electronic warfare & decoys:	EDO ES-3601 ESM 4× SRBOC rapid bloom chaff launchers
Armament:	BAE Systems Mk 110 57 mm gun 4× .50 cal (12.7 mm) guns (2 aft, 2 forward) Evolved SeaRAM 11 cell missile launcher Mission modules
Aircraft carried:	2× MH-60R/S Seahawks MQ-8 Fire Scout

USS Manchester (LCS-14) will be an Independence-class littoral combat ship of the United States Navy. She will be the second ship to be named for Manchester, New Hampshire.

The ship's keel was laid on 29 June 2015, at Mobile, Alabama. The initials of New Hampshire senator Jeanne Shaheen, the ship's sponsor, were welded into the hull of Manchester during the traditional keel laying ceremony. Manchester was christened on 7 May 2016 and launched on 12 May 2016.