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- Code Number:
- MYNV09P10_09
- Title:
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USS Bataan, (LHD-5), Multi-Purpose Amphibious Assault Ship, WASP class
- USS BATAAN is the fifth Multi-Purpose Amphibious Assault Ship in the WASP class.
Namesake: the defense of the Bataan Peninsula
Ordered: 20/12/1991
Builder: Ingalls Shipbuilding
Laid down: 22/06/1994
Launched: 15/03/1996
Christened: 18/05/1996
Commissioned: 20/09/1997
Homeport: Norfolk, Virginia
Motto: Courage, Commitment, Honor
Nicknames: "Big 5", "Dirty Nickel", "Rusty Nickel", "Cell Block 5"
Status: in active service, as of 2017
Displacement: 40,358 long tons (41,006 t) full load
Length: 257 meters (844 feet)
Beam: 32 meters (106 feet)
Draft: 8.2 meters (27 feet)
Propulsion: Geared steam turbines
Speed: exceeds 20 knots (23 mph; 37 km/h)
Troops: 1,894 Marines
Complement: 104 officers, 1,004 enlisted
Armament:
2 NATO Sea Sparrow missile systems
2 Rolling Airframe Missile systems
2 Phalanx CIWS
3 25 mm Mk 38 cannons
4 .50-cal machine guns
aircraft carried varies by mission:
4 CH-53E Super Stallion helicopters
6 AV-8B Harrier attack aircraft
3 UH-1N Huey helicopters
4 AH-1W Super Cobra helicopters
8 MV-22 Osprey VTOL tiltrotor aircraft
2 MH-60S KnightHawk 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
- Image by:
- Wernher Krutein
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- Code Number:
- MYNV09P10_09
- Title:
-
USS Bataan, (LHD-5), Multi-Purpose Amphibious Assault Ship, WASP class
- USS BATAAN is the fifth Multi-Purpose Amphibious Assault Ship in the WASP class.
Namesake: the defense of the Bataan Peninsula
Ordered: 20/12/1991
Builder: Ingalls Shipbuilding
Laid down: 22/06/1994
Launched: 15/03/1996
Christened: 18/05/1996
Commissioned: 20/09/1997
Homeport: Norfolk, Virginia
Motto: Courage, Commitment, Honor
Nicknames: "Big 5", "Dirty Nickel", "Rusty Nickel", "Cell Block 5"
Status: in active service, as of 2017
Displacement: 40,358 long tons (41,006 t) full load
Length: 257 meters (844 feet)
Beam: 32 meters (106 feet)
Draft: 8.2 meters (27 feet)
Propulsion: Geared steam turbines
Speed: exceeds 20 knots (23 mph; 37 km/h)
Troops: 1,894 Marines
Complement: 104 officers, 1,004 enlisted
Armament:
2 NATO Sea Sparrow missile systems
2 Rolling Airframe Missile systems
2 Phalanx CIWS
3 25 mm Mk 38 cannons
4 .50-cal machine guns
aircraft carried varies by mission:
4 CH-53E Super Stallion helicopters
6 AV-8B Harrier attack aircraft
3 UH-1N Huey helicopters
4 AH-1W Super Cobra helicopters
8 MV-22 Osprey VTOL tiltrotor aircraft
2 MH-60S KnightHawk 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
- Image by:
- Wernher Krutein
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