Amphibious transport dock USS Mesa Verde (LPD-19)
Classification
Ship class:
Basic information
Namesake:
Mesa Verde National Park
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Laid down:
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MMSI number:
369970397
Ship measurements
Displacement:
24,433 t
Length:
208.4 m
Length (waterline):
201.4 m
Beam:
32 m
Beam (waterline):
29.5 m
Draft:
7 m
Machine
Propulsion:
- 4 * Colt-Pielstick diesel engines
- 2 * shafts
- 40,000 hp (30 MW)
Speed:
22 knots
Personnel
Complement:
363
Embarked units:
800
Combat assets
Boats & landing craft:
- 2 * LCACs (air cushion)
- or 1 * LCU (conventional)
Electronics:
- AN/SPS-48E
- AN/SPQ-9B
- AN/SPS-73
- AN/SLQ-25A Nixie
- AN/SLQ-32A(V)2
- Mark 36 SRBOC
- MK 53 / Nulka
Armament:
- 1 * 16 cell MK 41 VLS(capable, but not currently installed)
- 2 * RIM-116 RAM launchers for air defense
- 2 * 30 mm Bushmaster II cannons, for surface threat defense
- 2 * 0.5 in (12.7 mm). machine guns for close protection
Aircraft:
4 * MH-60S Seahawk (Knighthawk) helicopters or 2 * MV-22 tilt rotor aircraft may be launched or recovered simultaneously
USS Mesa Verde (LPD-19) is the third San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock and the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for Mesa Verde National Park in Colorado. The ship is designed to deliver a fully equipped battalion of up to 800 Marines.
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