Country: USA.
Class, [Type]: Austin, [LPD].
Homeport: Norfolk.

Callsign: NSPJ (     )

Builder: Lockheed SB & Construction CO, USA.
Laid date: 31 October 1966.
Launch date: 20 May 1970.
Commission date: 10 July 1971.

Displacement ( tons ): 10000 standard, 17300 full load.
Dimensions ( metres ): 173,8 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.
Helicopters: Able to carry 6 x CH-46 Sea Knight.

Year of visit the Black Sea:  1995 | 1997 | 2001