USS DARING (LCS-43)CareerName: USS
DaringBuilder: Austal USA Mobile, Alabama
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Participated in: World War III
Motto:
Aude et Effice Latin for "Dare and Do"
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General CharacteristicsClass and type:
Freedom-class littoral combat ship
Displacement: 2,176 tons light, 2,784 tons full, 608 tons deadweight
Length: 127.4 m (418 ft)
Beam: 31.6 m (104 ft)
Draft: 13 ft (3.96 m)
Propulsion: 2× MTU Friedrichshafen 20V 8000 Series diesel engines, 2x General Electric LM2500 gas turbines, 2x American VULKAN light weight multiple-section carbon fiber propulsion shaftlines, 4x Wärtsilä waterjets, retractable bow-mounted azimuth thruster, 4× diesel generators
Speed: 44 knots (51 mph; 81 km/h)
Range: 4,300 nm at 18 knots
Capacity: 210 metric tons (206 long tons, 231 short tons)
Complement: 40 core crew (8 officers, 32 enlisted) plus up to 70 mission crew
Sensors and
processing systems:
SPY-1F AEGIS system
SAAB Sea GIRAFFE 3D air and surface search radar
Sperry Marine BridgeMaster E navigational radar
AN/KAX-2 electro-optical sensor with TV and FLIR
Northrop Grumman ICMS (Integrated Combat Management System)
Electronic warfare
and decoys:
ITT Corporation ES-3601 ESM system
4× SRBOC decoy launchers for chaff and infrared decoys
BAE Systems NULKA active radar decoy system
Armament:
1x BAE Systems Mk 110 57 mm gun[8]
4× .50-cal guns (2 aft, 2 forward)
2x Mk44 Bushmaster II 30mm chain guns
1x Raytheon SeaRAM CIWS
32x missile Vertical Launch System (VLS) for up to 64 RIM-162 ESSM anti-air missiles or VL-ASROC anti-submarine launchers
8x McDonnell Douglas Harpoon
6x ASW torpedoes
Aircraft carried:
2× MH-60R/S Seahawk
MQ-8 Fire Scout
Brochure for Austal/General Dynamics Multi-Mission Combatant (MMC)
www.austal.com/Resources/PromotionSlides/dd47585d-170b-4e43-a80c-2d849e065b2d/mm-brochure-horiz2011.pdf
