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| Length:
820 feet
Beam: 106 feet Draft: 26 feet Flight Deck: 2 acres Speed: 20+ knots Displacement: 40,000 tonnes Crew: 1,097 (plus 1,900+ Marine detachment) Home Port: Norfolk, Virginia |
Aircraft:
CH-53 Sea Stallion Helicopters; CH-46 Sea
Knight Helicopters; AV-8B Harrier Attack Planes
Propulsion: 2 Boilers, 2 Geared Steam Turbines Armament: 2 RAM Launchers/2 5" 54 calibre MK-45 lightweight guns/2 20MM Phalanx Close in Weapons Systems/6 25MM MK 38 machine guns Commissioned: July 28, 1979 |
