Fleet-class unmanned surface vessel
The Fleet-class unmanned surface vessel, also called the Common Unmanned Surface Vessel (CUSV) and later the Mine Countermeasures Unmanned Surface Vehicle (MCM USV), is an unmanned surface vessel designed for the United States Navy to be deployed from Freedom and Independence-class littoral combat ships and intended to conduct mine and anti-submarine warfare missions. As of 2012 four units of the class have been built; the first was delivered to the U.S. Navy in 2008.
A Fleet-class vessel in 2011 | |
| Class overview | |
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| Builders | Textron |
| Operators | United States Navy |
| Cost | $5-6 million |
| Built | 2008-present |
| Completed | 4 |
| Active | 4 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Fleet |
| Type | Unmanned surface vehicle |
| Displacement | 7.7 tonnes (8.5 short tons) |
| Length | 39 ft (12 m) |
| Beam | 11.2 ft (3.4 m) |
| Speed | 35 kn (40 mph; 65 km/h) |
| Range | 1,200 nmi (1,400 mi; 2,200 km) |
| Endurance | 24 hours |
| Capacity | 5,000 lb (2,300 kg) (4,300 lb (2,000 kg) towing capacity) |
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