USS Gabrielle Giffords (LCS 10)

USS GABRIELLE GIFFORDS is the fifth INDEPENDENCE - class Littoral Combat Ship and the first ship in the Navy to bear the name. By naming the ship after a living woman, the Navy once again broke with its naming conventions for ships. Littoral Combat Ships are named after cities but in the case of USS GABRIELLE GIFFORDS, the ship's namesake Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords was chosen for political reasons.

General Characteristics:	Awarded: December 29, 2010
	Keel laid: April 16, 2014
	Launched: February 25, 2015
	Commissioned: June 10, 2017
	Builder: Austal USA, Mobile, Ala.
	Propulsion system: two LM2500 gas turbine engines, two diesel engines, four waterjets
	Length: 418 feet (127.5 meters)
	Beam: 104 feet (31.5 meters)
	Draft: 13 feet (4 meters)
	Displacement: approx. 3,104 tons full load
	Speed: 47 knots
	Armament: one Mk-110 57mm gun, one SeaRAM CIWS
	Aircraft: two MH-60 helicopters
	Homeport: San Diego, Calif.
	Crew: 8 officers, 32 enlisted (two crews, a gold and a blue one) and up to 35 mission crew

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Crew List:

This section contains the names of sailors who served aboard USS GABRIELLE GIFFORDS. It is no official listing but contains the names of sailors who submitted their information.

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USS GABRIELLE GIFFORDS Image Gallery:

The photo below was taken by Sebastian Thoma and shows the GABRIELLE GIFFORDS at Naval Base San Diego, Calif., on November 10, 2017.

The photos below were taken by Michael Jenning and show the GABRIELLE GIFFORDS at Naval Base San Diego, Calif., on September 28, 2018.

The photos below were taken by Michael Jenning and show the GABRIELLE GIFFORDS at Naval Base San Diego, Calif., on March 2, 2019.

The photos below were taken by Michael Jenning and show the GABRIELLE GIFFORDS at Naval Base San Diego, Calif., on September 1, 2019. The ship is now equipped with the new Naval Strike Missile (NSM) for integration tests. The NSM - manufactured by the Norwegian company Kongsberg and its US partner Raytheon - will become the new over-the-horizon anti-ship missile for the littoral combat ships.

The photos below were taken by Michael Jenning and show the GABRIELLE GIFFORDS at Vigor shipyards, Seattle, Wash., on June 12, 2022. GABRIELLE GIFFORDS is in the final stages of a Drydocking Selected Restricted Availability (DSRA).

The photo below was taken by Michael Jenning and shows USS GABRIELLE GIFFORDS at Naval Base San Diego, Calif., on October 10, 2022.

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