USS Montgomery (LCS-8)

Year:

2016

- Support for amphibious operations

- Blue Water Operations

- Fleet Support

- Hunter

- direct attack

Length:

418 feet (127.41 m)

width/width:

104 feet (31.70 m)

Elevation/Draft:

14 feet (4.27 m)

Displacement:

3,300 tons

2 x MTU Friedichshafen 20V 8000 diesel engines with 2 x GE LM2500 gas turbines and 4 x diesel generators driving 2 x axles; 4 x Wartsila water jets; 1 x retractable thrusters in the bow.

Speed:

44 kn (51 mph)

Area:

4,345 nautical miles (5,000 miles; 8,047 km)

1 x AGM-175 Griffin Air-to-Surface Precision Kinetic Missile Launcher.

1 x 57mm Mk 110 deck gun

2 x 30mm Mk 44 Bushmaster II Chain Guns

4 x 12.7mm heavy machine guns

1 x RIM-116 SeaRAM (Rolling Airframe Missile) Close-In Weapon System (CIWS).

2 x Sikorsky SH-60 Seahawk Naval Helicopters or 2 x Northrop Grumman MQ-8 Fire Scout rotorcraft.