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Marinette Marine, the Freedom combat
ship and the lighterage cargo system
By Ed Marek, editor
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August 3, 2007, updated June 27, 2010
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The littoral combat ship US Freedom (LCS 1) arrives at Joint
Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam to participate in Rom of the Pacific
(RIMPAC) 2010. RIMPAC is a bienial, multinational exercise
designed to strengthen regional p[artnerships and improve
multi-national interoperability. Photo credit: MCS2 Jon
Dasbach, USN
December 9, 2009:
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Sailors stand watch on the bridge of the littoral combat ship
USS Freedom (LCS 1) during a sea and anchor detail as the
ship transits from Naval Weapons Station Yorktown, Va. to
Naval Station Mayport, Fla. Freedom is conducting training
operations off the East Coast of the United States. Photo
credit: MCS2 Rafael Martie, USN. Freedom has successfully
conducted independent ship deployment training and
certification at sea, November 13-21, 2009. She operated with
the USS Eisenhower (CVN 69) Carrier Strike Group. Ike
would indeed be proud, yet again. This was a significant
milestone is brings Freedom one step closer to her first
operatiobnal deployment to the US Southern Command in
early 2010. Lt. Ed Early, USN, wrote this:
"After avoiding heavy weather off the East Coast,
Freedom departed Mayport, Fla., Nov. 13 with the
Blue Crew and Cmdr. Kristy Doyle, the Blue
Crew commanding officer. During the three days
that followed, CSFTL (Commander, Strike Force
Training) assessors put the crew through an
intensive series of underway scenarios designed
to evaluate their ability to execute maritime
security missions both as an independent unit and
as part of a larger force. CSFTL presented
Freedom with realistic missions in rapid
succession to stress planning and decisionmaking. From self-defense against air and surface
threats, to maritime interception operations,
electronic warfare, common tactical picture
management and datalink operations, the team
performed well and met every challenge.
Freedom returned to Naval Station Mayport for a
'hot swap' between the Blue Crew and the Gold
Crew. The Gold Crew Commanding Officer
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Cmdr. Randy Garner and his crew then headed
back out to sea, this time for five days of
integrated training. Despite not having been on
the ship for several months, the Gold Crew
quickly settled in and successfully completed its
training regimen."
November 17, 2009:
USS Freedom (LCS 1) conducts flight deck certification with
an MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter assigned to Helicopter sea
Combat Squadron 22. Photo credit: MC2 Nathan Laird, USN.
The littoral combat ship USS Freedom (LCS 1) conducts flight
deck certification with an MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter
assigned to the Sea Knights of Helicopter Sea Combat
Squadron (HSC) 22. Photo credit: MCS2 Nathan Laird, USN
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September 9, 2009: The September 2009 edition of All Hands
once again highlights what it is like to be aboard the USS
Freedom.
Meet Culinary Specialist 1st Class Petty Officer Kevon Henry.
He is with the USS Freedom at sea. If you look very carefully
at the bottom right corner of the photo, you'll see the lower
portion of a 240mm gun. MC2 Jhi Scott wrote, "...Kevon
Henry comes onboard at 5 am to prep the galley for breakfast
for the crew. Once that's done, he reports topside to prepare
for sea and anchor detail where he line handles and mans the
240mm guns. He then secures from sea and anchor to prep the
galley for lunch. Then, there's a casualty drill, so Henry
secures the galley and reports to his repair locker. It's just a
normal day underway in the life of Sailors aboard the USS
Freedom (LCS-1).
July 3, 2009: The July 2009 edition of All Hands has a super
article about the USS Freedom. There's good information
there about the crew and its duties --- Freedom's crew consists
of 40 Sailors made-up of eight officers, 15 chief petty officers,
15 first class petty officers and two second classes. We also get
a few looks at ship operations.
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CMC (SW/AW) Anthony Decker stands the JOOD Watch
(Junior Officer of the Deck) on Freedom, helping to navigate
the ship.
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FC1 (SW/AW) Clifford Smith, the Senior Sailor of the Year
aboard Freedom, stands watch in the MCC (Mission Control
Center) as defensive systems operator in charge of all radar
and weapons systems. Freedom has the ability to combat
anti-submarine warfare, surface warfare and mine warfare.
I commend the All Hands article to you so I won't show any
more of its photos. I do want to say that one thing you quickly
learn is that each crew member has to be able to perform a
variety of different functions. And they're able to do it. No
slacking here.
May 7, 2009: The USS Freedom showed her wares to the
Washington DC community by paying a call at the docks of
Old Town Alexandria, Virginia, across the Potomac from
Washington.
Freedom docked at Robinson terminal. I am still waiting for a
schedule on her voyage to her home port in San Diego. I am
expecting her to do that some time in early 2010 perhaps
leaving Virginia for the voyage some time around October
2009. It is my understanding she is now operating out of
Norfolk and Naval Amphibious Base, both in Virginia.
Weapons systems of this kind take a long time from idea to
operations, but I gotta tell ya, I can't wait to see her go into
combat --- she's gonna kick some butt, I feel it in my gut.
December 15, 2008: The USS Freedom has made her way
from Marinette, Wisconsin, where she was built, through the
Great Lakes, out the St. Lawrence Seaway, and down the
Atlantic Ocean to her temporary home at Norfolk, Virginia.
She will now undergo post-delivery tests and sea trials at
Norfolk, and then move on to her home port at San Diego.
Photo credit: MCS Joshua Adam Nuzzo.
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November 20, 2008: The littoral combat ship USS Freedom
sails under the Jacques Cartier Bridge as the ship heads to the
Old Port of Montreal, November 20, 2008. She is on her way
from Marinette, Wisconsin to Norfolk, Virginia. This is a nice
photo aboard the ship. Photo credit: Petty Officer 3rd Class
Kenneth R. Hendrix, USN
November 10, 2008 update: The USS Freedom (LCS-1) was
commissioned at Veterans Park, Milwaukee, Wisconsin on
November 8, 2008. Secretary of the Navy Donald Winter
presided. Birgit Smith, the wife of Army Sgt. First Class Paul
Smith, who was posthumously awarded the Congressional
Medal of Honor, was the ship's sponsor. The ship's two
commanding officers, Cmdr. Donald Gabrielson, Blue Crew
and Cmdr. Michael Doran, Gold Crew, took command, set the
first watch and raised the ensign. The first ensign flown over
the ship had previously been flown over Baghdad. Freedom
was constructed at Marinette Marine Corporation, Marinette,
Wisconsin, and was the first naval vessel to be built and
commissioned on the Great Lakes since World War II. Photo
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credits: MCS2 Katherine Boeder, USN.
November 8, 2008 update: The USS Freedom (LCS-1)
berths in Milwaukee harbor preparing for her commissioning,
November 8, 2008. She is the first of two littoral combat ships
being produced for the Navy. Photo credit: John Sheppard,
USN. 110408.
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September 21, 2008 update: The USN has formally accepted
the USS Freedom (LCS-1) from the contractor, Lockheed
Martin/Marinette Marine/Gibbs and Cox in Marinette,
Wisconsin on September 18, 2008.
USS Freedom (LCS-1) returns to its home port in Marinette, Wisconsin, after
completing acceptance trials in Lake Michigan. Photo credit: Mass
Communication Specialist 3rd Class Jhi L. Scott, USN, August 20, 2008.
The next step is for the crew to move aboard and prepare the
ship to leave for Milwaukee, where she will be commissioned.
Following commissioning, she will head out of the Great
Lakes to Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia. The crew will then
take her out for sea trials in the ocean. Until now, she has gone
through sea trials only in Lake Michigan. The ocean will make
demands on some systems that they have not yet experienced.
It is our understanding Freedom will home port in San Diego.
August 6, 2008 Update: The Freedom began sea trials
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offshore Marinette, Wisconsin on July 28, 2008.
The Freedom is shown here conducting a speed run as part of
her sea trials offshore Marinette, Wisconsin on August 4,
2008. Photo courtesy of Lockheed Martin.
Dick Lund, a photographer who has long had a great interest
on the Great Lakes, has terrific photography on the Freedom
as she left the production facility and headed out for her trials
on July 28, 2008. Dick has agreed to allow us to post a few.
We commend his web site to your attention where you can
view all his work.
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The Coast Guard employed two armed boats to patrol the area in support of
the sea trials. This photo was taken on July 28, 2008.
The USS Freedom leaves its dock on the Menominee River at Marinette,
Wisconsin, July 28, 2008.
After being turned around, she is towed out to Lake Michigan, July 28, 2008.
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USS Freedom approaches Menekaunee draw bridge in Marinette, Wisconsin
as she heads out for sea trials. Photo credit: MC3 Jhi L. Scott
A nice broadside view of Freedom as she heads out, July 28, 2008.
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Freedom heads out on her own steam for the first time, July 28, 2008. She
conducted some maneuvers close to shore for about 5.5 hours before
returning to her dock on the Menominee River.
She backs into the inner harbor on her own for the first time, July 30, 2008,
with tugs and Coast Guard standing by.
USS Freedom cranks up her speed on Day 7 of her sea trials, August 3,
2008. This last photo is credited to Pat De Ridder, who was kind enough to
allow Dick Lund to use it on his web site. It is indeed a great shot. Throttle
'er up Skipper!
In mid-June 2007, while traveling through upper Michigan,
we decided to drive through Menominee, Michigan and cross
over into Marinette, Wisconsin in the state's northeast to stay
overnight.
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While crossing into Marinette on US 41, the road going
toward the red star that marks Marinette, Wisconsin's town
center, we passed over the Menominee River. While on the
bridge, we looked off to the right, downstream the river a bit.
We spotted a big grey ship berthed about where the yellow
arrow on the left is pointing that sure looked like a Navy ship.
The yellow arrow to the lower right points to the location of
the Menominee-Marinette Red Lighthouse, a famous
landmark.
We drove around a bit on the Marinette side to get a better
look at the ship we saw. We did not get a better look at the
ship, but we found out what she was all about.
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This was the construction site for the USN Littoral Combat
Ship. You can see the companies involved: Lockheed Martin,
Gibbs & Cox, Marinette Marine, and Bollinger Shipyards.
And this was the site of the Marinette Marine Corp., MMC.
Let's zoom in on the Mapquest aerial of the area highlighted
by the yellow arrow.
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This is an aerial shot from Mapquest of the MMC complex.
You can see that there is a line up of ships berthed here. We
tried to get on to the grounds of the plant to get a better look at
the new ship, but as one should expect, security is strict. So no
luck. We went back over to Menominee, Michigan to try for a
view from there.
Here's what we saw.
There she is. Meet US Navy (USN) Littoral Combat Ship,
LCS-1, the USS Freedom, berthed at MMC on the Marinette
River.
Your editor is an Air Force guy, but the lines on this ship most
certainly sent a message that this is a new kind of ship, one
that is working to employ stealth lines.
This is the F-117 Stealth Fighter. You can see a similarity in
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the stealth lines of the F-117 and the Freedom. The angled
surfaces tell you both the 117 and the Freedom have a stealthy
character.
We later learned that the Freedom is a US Navy (USN) LCS
under construction at MMC as part of a contract with
Lockheed Martin. Lockheed is the prime contractor. Gibbs &
Cox and Bollinger Shipyards are the other principal team
members sharing roles with MMC. Gibbs & Cox is a design
firm with enormous experience designing ships for nearly 20
navies. Gibbs & Cox brags that it has helped design 60 percent
of the USN surface combatant fleet. Bollinger, like MMC,
builds ships and is located principally in Texas and Louisiana.
Marinette Marine Corp. was founded in 1942 to meet our
WWII and beyond naval construction demands. Its first
contract was to build five wooden barges. Its record of
achievement includes building US Coast Guard (USCG)
icebreakers and buoy tenders, USN mine countermeasures
vessels and ocean tugs, as well as ferries, dredges and tugs.
It is presently part of the Manitowoc Marine Group, which is
also located in Wisconsin. The company has produced over
1,300 vessels, commercial and military. Recently it joined
with the Lockheed Martin team to produce one of two LCSs.
Ultimately, it is our understanding the Navy wants about 55.
Artist's rendering of Lockheed Martin Littoral Combat Ship design concept.
Presented by the USN.
The LCS indeed is a new kind of USN warship. She is high
speed (40 knots-plus; we have seen numbers up to 60 knots)
and very maneuverable. She is said to be able to turn 360
degrees in less than eight boat lengths at sprint speed.
Arguably, her most important feature is that she is a modular
ship. That means she can be reconfigured to carry a variety of
combat packages targeted for specific missions. She will be
able to interdict ships on the high seas, conduct intelligence,
surveillance and reconnaissance, and provide anti-terrorism
force protection, including employment of special operations
forces. She will support launching and recovering small boats
for use by such special forces. She can carry two SH-60
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Seahawk helicopters and unmanned aerial vehicles.
The LCS carries the nomenclature "littoral" for a reason.
Littoral means the ship will operate close to shorelines, which
means she can operate where larger warships cannot. She can
more easily support insertion and extraction of small numbers
of specialized combat forces.
BAE Mk 110 57 mm gun. Presented by Defense Industry Daily.
Rolling Airframe Missile Weapon System. Presented by Raytheon Missile
System Co., Tucson, Arizona
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An Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) MK-50 Training Torpedo is launched
from guided missile destroyer USS Bulkeley (DDG-84) while participating in
exercises aimed at fighting the global war on terrorism. Photo credit:
Photographer's Mate 1st Class Brien Aho, USN. Presented by wikipedia.
Her mission modules will feature the BAE Mk 110 57mm
gun, RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missiles, and Honeywell MK
50 Torpedo.
She will also carry an entirely new class of missiles, called the
non-line-of-sight attack missiles, which are still in
development and testing. The system will be platform
independent. The graphic you see above is operated by ground
forces, but the package can just as easily be put on a ship. It is
basically a box with 16 sections, 15 for missiles, one for
command and control electronics.
The system envisions having two kinds of missiles, both
precision attack. The Loitering Attack Missile LAM is an
expendable, hunter-killer that can loiter, search out a target
over a large area, and attack a target using its automatic target
recognition system. The Precision Attack Missile PAM is a
direct attack missile. LAM will be used for fleeting targets,
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while PAM for fixed and stationary targets. Global Security
has a good description of these.
Fairbanks Morse Colt-Pielstick 16PA6B STC diesel powerplant. Presented
by Fairbanks Morse Engine.
Rolls Royce MT30 gas turbine. Presented by Rolls-Royce.
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Kamewa waterjets employed by Rolls-Royce. Presented by Naval
Technology.
LCS-1 is powered by two Fairbanks Morse Colt-Pielstick
16PA6B STC diesel powerplants and two Rolls Royce MT30
gas turbines driving four Rolls Royce waterjets. She will be
interconnected to many other naval elements, satellites,
airborne vehicles and command centers.
The USS Freedom's keel was laid down on June 2, 2005 by
MMC.
She was christened on September 23, 2006.
Mrs. Birgit Smith is the ship's sponsor. She christened
Freedom on September 23, 2006 at Marinette with the
traditional smashing of a champagne bottle across the ship's
bow. Mrs. Smith's initials have been etched on a plaque that
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will be permanently attached to the ship.
Mrs. Smith is the wife of Sergeant
First Class Paul Ray Smith who
received the Medal of Honor
(posthumous) on April 4, 2005 for
gallantry and intrepidity above and
beyond the call of duty in action
against an armed enemy near
Baghdad International Airport, Iraq. On April 4, 2003, his task
force of about 100 men came under enemy attack by a
company-sized force. He quickly organized a defense using
two platoons, one Bradley Fighting Vehicle and three armored
personnel carriers. He personally engaged the enemy with
hand grenades and anti-tank weapons, organized the
evacuation of three wounded soldiers, and moved under fire to
take position on a .50 caliber machine gun, firing at enemy
and holding his exposed position until mortally wounded. As
the result of his actions, his force defeated the enemy, together
they killed 50 enemy, and safely evacuated wounded US
soldiers. He was assigned to Bravo Co., 11th Engineer
Battalion, the 3rd Infantry Division, US Army, "Rock of
Marne."
It is now the duty of LCS-1 Freedom, her builders and crews,
to carry on.
Launching of USS Freedom (LCS-1) on 23 September 2006 on the Marinette
River, Wisconsin. Presented by the USN.
On April 25, 2007, MMC experienced a fire on board
Freedom during welding work that damaged the Freedom and
delayed construction by about two weeks.
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Graphic of General Dynamics LCS design concept for LCS-2, USS
Independence. Presented by PEO Ships.
LCS-2 frontal view. Presented by gizmag.com
LCS-2, the USS Independence, is being built by General
Dynamics's Bath Ironwoks in Mobile, Alabama. She has a
completely different design. She uses an aluminum trimaran
hull while the Freedom employs a steel semi-planing hull.
The plan has been that two of each design will be made, after
which the Navy will decided how many of each to buy. We
have seen a planning factor of 55 ships, but have also seen
figures as high as 100.
The plan is for Freedom to be commissioned in Milwaukee
and to then sail for San Diego. Milwaukee beat out Chicago
for the honor of commissioning the Navy's first LCS. It is
expected to enter operational trials later this year. A LCS Class
Squadron (CLASSRON) has been formed in San Diego to
prepare for operating the ship. It is expected the Freedom will
have blue and gold crews of about 40 personnel, with an
aviation detachment aboard of about 20 with a module
changing crew of 15.
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We want to show you a few other photos of the Marinette
operation. Quite by chance, we ran across something that was
even more new to us than the LCS.
This is a pretty good panoramic view of the MMC facilities.
Both those large buildings belong to MMC. You can see
LCS-1 to the right in the water. We'd like to draw your
attention to some "grey things" in front of LCS-1. You can
barely make them out here, so let's zoom in.
Our initial inclination was to categorize these vessels as either
Landing Craft Mechanized (LCM) or Landing Craft Utility
(LCU). But as we looked around in our research, they just
didn't fit the LCM-LCU mold. We then discovered that MMC
had been placed under contract to the Navy to build something
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called an "Improved Navy Lighterage System," INLS. Of
course, "what's that?" The answer is fascinating.
Basically, a lighterage system is one that facilitates the transfer
of cargo. It is worth noting that about 90 percent of our
military cargo is transported by sealift assets. A challenge
always faced is finding ports which can handle our sealift
resources, many of which require deep water ports. New
lighterage systems have been designed and are being built to
enable transfer at more shallow depths, therefore offering
more landing options. MMC has been involved in building
INLS systems that operate like a floating dock.
The Naval Facilities Engineering Command has provided
some good photography of what these systems look like. It has
also provided some nice graphics to explain the concept. As
an introductory thought, think transfer, think modular, think
shallow waters.
This is a graphic of what is known as a "warping tug." That is
what was shown in the photo above that we originally thought
was a LCM or LCU. A warping tug is the modular section of
the system that tows, anchors and can conduct salvage. It can
travel at speeds of 7-10 knots. Here is a schematic.
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This single graphic provides a good sense for the overall
concept. You can see a large sealift vessel to the right
discharging its rolling stock, in this case tanks, to the INLS
system's floating barges, all connected, depending on the
amount of stock to transfer, and driven by the warping tug.
The tug simply backs the barges away, and moves them
directly to the shoreline where the stock can be transferred
easily to the shore.
Five companies bid, and MMC won as "the best vale to the
government."
It turns out that while we were at Marinette, we photographed
three pieces of the system in the water without knowing what
we were seeing.
You can see the warping tug to the left, a barge in the middle,
and an off-loading ramp to the right. Let's zoom in on all three
pieces.
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This is a nice side view of the warping tug. You can see the aft
end of the barge off on the right.
This is the barge in the middle, warping tug to the left,
offload-onload ramp to the right. The barge is simply a
floating dock that can hold a lot of weight and take a bit of a
beating.
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This is a good view of the offload-onload section. The red
arrow points to the ramp which can go up and down, in the
down position resting on the shore or as close as they can get.
Note how the section ramps downward, left to right.
We like this view of Warping Tug 05 because it shows the
A-frame forward and the water line. We have seen one report
that she can operate in water as shallow as 13 ft.
There is much more to learn about Marinette Marine. She is
one of the largest shipyards on the Great Lakes. She employs
about 800. The company was privately held until bought in
1999 by Manitowoc Corp., also of Wisconsin. Since WWII,
the company has built recreational and fishing vessels,
towboats, freight ships, passenger vessels, tank ships, patrol
craft for foreign navies, berthing barges, oceanographic
research vessels, tugs, industrial vessels, freighters, pilot
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boats, landing craft for the US Army and patrol craft for the
US Navy, USN minesweepers, US Coast Guard seagoing and
coastal buoy tenders and ice breakers, and barracks barges for
the Navy.
Dick Lund is an amateur photographer who operates a
wonderful site, "Dick's Great Lake Ships and More." He has
many galleries, several of which show all kinds of shots of
ships made at Marinette Marine. Furthermore, he has great
shots showing the kind of shipping traffic that goes in and out
of Marinette. Marinette, Wisconsin, is no nickel-dime port and
shipbuilding operation, we can assure you of that. We
commend Dick Lund's site to you. You'll spend lots of time
there, to be sure.
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