USS Marinette (LCS-25)
{{short description|Littoral combat ship of the United States Navy}}
{{Other ships|USS Marinette}}
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USS Marinette (LCS-25) is a {{sclass|Freedom|littoral combat ship|0}} littoral combat ship of the United States Navy. She is the first commissioned ship, and second overall in naval service to be named after Marinette, Wisconsin (the place where it was built), the other being {{ship||Marinette|YTB-791|3}}, a {{sclass|Natick|tugboat|0}} large fleet tugboat.{{cite web |date=22 September 2016 |title=Secretary of the Navy Names Two Littoral Combat Ships |url=https://www.defense.gov/News/Releases/Release/Article/952519/secretary-of-the-navy-names-two-littoral-combat-ships/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240119035335/https://www.defense.gov/News/Releases/Release/Article/952519/secretary-of-the-navy-names-two-littoral-combat-ships/ |archive-date=19 January 2024 |access-date=22 September 2016 |website=U.S. Department of Defense}}{{cite web |date=22 September 2016 |title=Navy secretary names combat ship the USS Marinette |url=http://wbay.com/2016/09/22/navy-secretary-names-combat-ship-the-uss-marinette/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161107164042/http://wbay.com/2016/09/22/navy-secretary-names-combat-ship-the-uss-marinette/ |archive-date=7 November 2016 |access-date=22 September 2016 |publisher=WBAY ABC 2}}
Design
In 2002, the US Navy initiated a program to develop the first of a fleet of littoral combat ships.{{cite web |title=US Navy Fact File: Littoral Combat Ship Class – LCS |url=https://www.navy.mil/Resources/Fact-Files/Display-FactFiles/article/2171607/littoral-combat-ship-class-lcs/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240117041355/https://www.navy.mil/Resources/Fact-Files/Display-FactFiles/article/2171607/littoral-combat-ship-class-lcs/ |archive-date=17 January 2024 |access-date=30 October 2015 |website=U.S. Navy}} The Navy initially ordered two monohull ships from Lockheed Martin, which became known as the Freedom-class littoral combat ships after the first ship of the class, {{USS|Freedom|LCS-1|6}}.{{cite web|last=O'Rourke|first=Ronald|date=4 May 2010|title=Navy Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) Program: Background, Issues, and Options for Congress|url=http://www.dodbuzz.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/CRS-LCS-May-2010.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923231642/http://www.dodbuzz.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/CRS-LCS-May-2010.pdf|archive-date=23 September 2015|access-date=30 December 2014|publisher=Congressional Research Service}} Odd-numbered US Navy littoral combat ships are built using the Freedom-class monohull design, while even-numbered ships are based on a competing design, the trimaran hull {{sclass|Independence|littoral combat ship|2}} from General Dynamics. The initial order of littoral combat ships involved a total of four ships, including two of the Freedom-class design. Marinette is the thirteenth Freedom-class littoral combat ship to be built.
Construction and career
Marinette Marine was awarded the contract to build the ship on 31 March 2016 and built at their shipyard in Marinette, Wisconsin. The ship was launched on 31 October 2020, subsequently she was christened on 20 November 2021.{{cite news |last=Harrington |first=Nick |date=21 November 2021 |title=USS Marinette christened, repairs to be done on ships |url=https://fox11online.com/news/local/uss-marinette-christened-repairs-to-be-done-on-ships |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231115173805/https://fox11online.com/news/local/uss-marinette-christened-repairs-to-be-done-on-ships |archive-date=15 November 2023 |access-date=21 November 2021 |work=Fox 11 News |publisher=}}
Marinette was commissioned on 16 September 2023, at a ceremony in Menominee, Michigan. In attendance was
Honorable Mike Gallagher, U.S. Representative, Wisconsin's 8th congressional district, the Honorable Jennifer Granholm, ship’s sponsor, the Honorable Russell Rumbaugh, Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Financial Management and Comptroller, VADM Darse E. Crandall, Jr., Judge Advocate General of the Navy, the Honorable Jean Stegeman, Mayor of Menominee, Michigan, the Honorable Steve Genisot, Mayor of Marinette, Wisconsin, and Chauncey McIntosh, Vice President and General Manager, Lockheed Martin Integrated Warfare Systems and Sensors.{{cite web |date=16 September 2023 |title=USS Marinette Commissions the Wright Way |url=https://www.dvidshub.net/news/453599/uss-marinette-commissions-wright-way |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231004110019/https://www.dvidshub.net/news/453599/uss-marinette-commissions-wright-way |archive-date=4 October 2023 |access-date=17 September 2023 |website=Defense Visual Information Distribution Service}}
On October 27, 2023, Marinette's Executive Officer, Lt. Commander Jonathan Volkle, was found dead in a suicide.{{cite news |last=Hahn|first=Jason|date=15 November 2023 |title='Amazing' Navy Executive Officer, Father of 2, Died by Suicide Aboard Combat Ship: Report |url=https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/amazing-navy-executive-officer-father-of-2-died-by-suicide-aboard-combat-ship-report/ar-AA1jWf1l|access-date=7 June 2023 |work=MSN |publisher=}}
References
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- {{Naval Vessel Register|{{Naval Vessel Register URL|id=LCS25}}}}
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