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- Code Number:
- MYND01_090
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USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD-6), Amphibious Assault Ship, United States Navy, USN
- Ordered December 1992
Laid down: 18/04/1995 Launched: 14/03/1997 Commissioned: 15/08/1998 Status: Active in service as of 2016 Homeport: San Diego, California Class: Wasp-class Builder: Ingalls Shipbuilding, Pascagoula, Mississippi Displacement: 27,565 tons light, 40,500 tons full, 12,821 tons dead Length: 844 feet (257 meters) overall 778 feet (237 meters) waterline Beam: 110 feet (34 meters) extreme,106 (32 meters) feet waterline Draft: 27 feet (8.2 meters) navigational, 28 feet (8.5 meters) limit Power Plant: 2x boilers, two geared steam turbines Propulsion: 2x shafts 70,000 shaft horsepower (52 MW) Speed: 20 knots (37 km/h) Range: 9500+ miles (18,000 km), at 18 knots (33 km/h) Complement (typical): Embarked ships company: 104 officers, 1,004 enlisted, Embarked Marine detachment: 1,894 officers and enlisted Armament: 2 RAM (Rolling Airframe Missile) launchers, 2 NATO Sea Sparrow launchers, 2 20 mm Phalanx CIWS mounts, 4 0.50 in (12.7 mm) machine guns, 3 25 mm Mk 38 machine guns, 2 40mm saluting batteries aircraft (typical): Assault: 42 CH-46 Sea Knight helicopters, Sea Control: 5 AV-8B Harrier attack planes. 6 ASW helicopters Landing Craft (typical): 3 air cushion landing Craft (LCAC) Motto: I have not yet begun to fight! Nicknames: Revolutionary Gator, Bonnie Dick
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Aircraft Carrier, Vessel, Ship, Hull, Warship, Flatop, Navy, Military, Armament, Killingry, Weaponry, warfare, Naval, Weapon, Maritime, History, Archives, Historic, Armed Force
- Image by:
- Wernher Krutein
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