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Fincantieri Marinette Marine (FMM) is an American shipbuilding firm in Marinette, Wisconsin. Marinette Marine was a subsidiary of Manitowoc Marine Group of Wisconsin from 2000 to 2009, when it was sold to Fincantieri Marine Group.
[7] [8] She was christened and launched on 7 May 2022 at the shipyard in Marinette, Wisconsin. [2] The ship's sponsor is Beloit-born Major General Marcia Anderson , (USAR, Ret.). Now retired, she was the first African-American woman to reach the rank of Major General in the US Army , US Army Reserve and the US Army National Guard .
She will be built by Marinette Marine, a subsidiary of Fincantieri, with an expected completion in 2030. Her name was announced on 23 May 2024 by Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro during the New York City Fleet Week when he announced the order of both Hamilton and sistership USS Galvez .
Cleveland is the sixteenth Freedom-class littoral combat ship to be built. Marinette Marine was awarded the contract to build the ship on 15 January 2019. [1] Cleveland was launched on 14 April 2023. [9] [10] In a sideways launch, Cleveland was involved in a minor collision with a tugboat.
The Freedom class is one of two classes of the littoral combat ship program, built for the United States Navy. [20]The Freedom class was proposed by a consortium formed by Lockheed Martin as "prime contractor" and by Fincantieri (project) through the subsidiary Marinette Marine (manufacturer) as a contender for a fleet of small, multipurpose warships to operate in the littoral zone.
Lucas Andreini, a welder at Fincantieri Marinette Marine, in Marinette, Wisconsin, is among thousands of young workers who’ve received employer-sponsored training nationwide as shipyards ...
The first ship is expected to cost about $1.3 billion.
Marinette Marine was awarded the contract to build the ship on 4 March 2013. [1] Construction began on 20 October 2014 and she was launched on 1 July 2017. [2] she is homeported to Naval Station Mayport, Florida and assigned to Littoral Combat Ship Squadron Two. In June 2019, Billings visited Cleveland, Ohio. [12]