USS Cleveland (LCS-31)
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_acceptance_trials.jpg) USS Cleveland LCS-31 underway on sea trials in November 2025 | |
| History | |
|---|---|
 United States | |
| Name | Cleveland |
| Namesake | City of Cleveland |
| Awarded | 15 January 2019[1] |
| Builder | Marinette Marine |
| Laid down | 16 June 2021[2] |
| Launched | 15 April 2023[3] |
| Sponsored by | Robyn Modly[3] |
| Christened | 15 April 2023[3] |
| Acquired | 26 November 2025[4] |
| Home port | Mayport |
| Identification | Hull number: LCS-31 |
| Motto | Forge a Legacy[5] |
| Status | Fitting Out |
| Badge |  |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Freedom-class littoral combat ship |
| Displacement | 3,410 metric tons (3,760 short tons) full load[1] |
| Length | 388 ft (118 m)[1] |
| Beam | 58 ft (18 m)[1] |
| Draft | 14 ft (4.3 m)[1] |
| Speed | >40 knots (46 mph; 74 km/h) |
| Complement | 9 officers, 41 enlisted[1] |
USS Cleveland (LCS-31) is a Freedom-class littoral combat ship of the United States Navy.[6] She is the fourth commissioned ship in naval service named after Cleveland, the second-largest city in Ohio.[7]
In 2002, the US Navy began a program to develop the first of a fleet of littoral combat ships.[8] 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.[8][9] 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 Independence-class littoral combat ship from General Dynamics.[8] The initial order of littoral combat ships involved a total of four ships, including two of the Freedom-class design.[8] Cleveland is the sixteenth and final Freedom-class littoral combat ship.[10]
Marinette Marine was awarded the contract to build the ship on 15 January 2019.[1] Cleveland was launched on 14 April 2023.[11][12] In a sideways launch, Cleveland was involved in a minor collision with a tugboat. No injuries were reported, and damage to Cleveland was "limited" and above the waterline. The shipyard intends to use a shiplift to transfer future ships to the water in a more controlled manner.[13]
