USS Mesa Verde in December 2007
| |
History | |
---|---|
United States | |
Name | Mesa Verde |
Namesake | Mesa Verde |
Awarded | February 29, 2000 |
Builder | Northrop Grumman Ship Systems |
Laid down | February 25, 2003 |
Launched | November 19, 2004 |
Christened | January 15, 2005 |
Commissioned | December 15, 2007 |
Homeport | Norfolk |
Identification |
|
Motto | Courage Teamwork Tradition |
Status | in active service |
Badge | |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock |
Displacement | 24,433 tons (full) |
Length |
|
Beam |
|
Draft | 7 meters (23 ft) |
Propulsion |
|
Speed | 22 knots (41 km/h) |
Boats & landing craft carried | Two LCACs (air cushion) or one LCU (conventional) |
Capacity | 699 (66 officers, 633 enlisted); surge to 800 total. |
Complement | 28 officers, 83 enlisted (including 550 marines)[1] |
Armament |
|
Aircraft carried | Four CH-46 Sea Knight helicopters or two 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 of the United States Navy. She is the first U.S. Navy warship to be named after the Mesa Verde National Park in the U.S. state of Colorado.