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Blue Ridge-class command ship

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Basic information

Type:
Auxiliary ship
Operators:
United States NavyUnited States Navy
Country of build:
Builder:
Philadelphia Naval Shipyard Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS)Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS)
Completed:
2
In service:
1970 – present (54 years)

Ship measurements

Displacement:
19,176 t
Length:
193 m
Beam:
33 m

Machine

Propulsion:
  • 2 * boilers
  • 1 * geared turbine
  • 1 * shaft
  • 22,000 hp (16,000 kW)
Speed:
23 knots
Range:
13,000 nmi (24,000 km; 15,000 mi) at 16 knots (30 km/h)

Personnel

Complement:
743

Combat assets

Electronics:
  • Mark 36 SRBOC chaff rockets
Armament:
  • 2 * Phalanx CIWS
  • 2 * 25 mm Bushmaster cannons
  • 4 * 0.5 in (12.7 mm) machine guns
Aircraft:
  • All helicopters except the CH-53 Sea Stallion can be carried

An amphibious command ship (LCC) of the United States Navy is a large, special-purpose ship, originally designed to command large amphibious invasions. However, as amphibious invasions have become unlikely, they are now used as general command ships, and serve as floating headquarters for the various combatant commands. Currently, they are assigned to the 6th and 7th fleets as flagships.

Ships2

Amphibious command ship USS Blue Ridge (LCC-19)

Amphibious command ship USS Blue Ridge (LCC-19)

Blue Ridge-class command ship
United States NavyUnited States Navy
Active
19,609 t
193.2 m
23 knots
842
Amphibious command ship USS Mount Whitney (LCC-20)

Amphibious command ship USS Mount Whitney (LCC-20)

Blue Ridge-class command ship
United States NavyUnited States Navy
Active
18,400 t
189 m
23 knots
325
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