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- Code Number:
- MYNV04P11_06.1703
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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
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- Wernher Krutein
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