Country: USA.
Class, [Type]: Austin, [LPD].
Homeport: Norfolk.
Callsign: NDVW ( )
Builder: Lockheed SB & Construction CO, USA.
Launch date: 7 October 1967.
Commission date: 14 February 1970.
Decommission date: 30 September 2009.
Displacement ( tons ): 10000 standard, 16900 full load.
Dimensions ( metres ): 173,5 x 32,5 x 7.
Main machinery: 2 x De Laval turbines ( 24000 hp ).
Speed ( knots ): 21.
Complement: 473 ( 27 officers ).
Guns: 2 x 6 GE/GD Vulcan Phalanx Mk15 CIWS 20mm; 2 x 1 25mm Mk38 Bushmaster.
Boats and LCC: 2 x LCAC or 20 x LVTs, 4 x LCPL/LVCP.
Marines: 930.
Radars: Air: AN/SPS-40; Surface: AN/SPS-67; Navigation: Furuno NR; TACAN: AN/URN-25.
Countermeasures: Decoys: 4 x SRBOC Mk36; ESM: AN/SLQ-32.
Helicopter: Able to carry 6 x CH-46 Sea Knight.
Comment: In reserve.
Year of visit the Black Sea: 2005
Class, [Type]: Austin, [LPD].
Homeport: Norfolk.
Callsign: NDVW ( )
Builder: Lockheed SB & Construction CO, USA.
Launch date: 7 October 1967.
Commission date: 14 February 1970.
Decommission date: 30 September 2009.
Displacement ( tons ): 10000 standard, 16900 full load.
Dimensions ( metres ): 173,5 x 32,5 x 7.
Main machinery: 2 x De Laval turbines ( 24000 hp ).
Speed ( knots ): 21.
Complement: 473 ( 27 officers ).
Guns: 2 x 6 GE/GD Vulcan Phalanx Mk15 CIWS 20mm; 2 x 1 25mm Mk38 Bushmaster.
Boats and LCC: 2 x LCAC or 20 x LVTs, 4 x LCPL/LVCP.
Marines: 930.
Radars: Air: AN/SPS-40; Surface: AN/SPS-67; Navigation: Furuno NR; TACAN: AN/URN-25.
Countermeasures: Decoys: 4 x SRBOC Mk36; ESM: AN/SLQ-32.
Helicopter: Able to carry 6 x CH-46 Sea Knight.
Comment: In reserve.
Year of visit the Black Sea: 2005