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- Code Number:
- MYNV17P04_03
- Title:
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USS Kearsarge (LHD-3), Wasp-class amphibious assault ship
- Namesake: USS Kearsarge (1861), a Civil War Sloop
Builder: Ingalls Shipbuilding Laid down: 6 February 1990 Launched: 26 March 1992 Sponsored by: Alma Powell, wife of Gen. Colin Powell Christened: 16 May 1992 Commissioned: 16 October 1993 Homeport: Norfolk, Virginia Identification: LHD 3 Motto: Proud, Trustworthy, Bold Status: in active service, as of 2013 Displacement: 40,500 long tons (41,100 t) full load Length: 844 feet (257 m) Beam: 106 feet (32 m) Draft: 27 feet (8.2 m) Propulsion: 2 geared steam turbines, 70,000 shp (52 MW) 2 boilers, 600 psi (4.1 MPa) 2 shafts Speed: 24 knots (28 mph; 44 km/h) Boats & landing Craft carried: 3 LCAC (LCAC) Troops: 1,893 Marines Complement: 104 Officers, 1,004 Sailors Armament: ? 2 Sea Sparrow missile systems ? 2 Rolling Airframe Missile systems ? 3 Phalanx CIWS ? 8 .50 BMG machine guns aircraft carried: VMM-266 REIN approx. 22 Bell-Boeing V-22 Osprey 6 AV-8B Harrier II V/STOL attack jets 6 SH-60F/HH-60H ASW helicopters
- Keywords:
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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
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