USS Bataan (LHD-5)

USS Bataan underway in 1999
History
United States
Name	Bataan
Namesake	USS Bataan (CVL-29)
Ordered	20 December 1991
Builder	Ingalls Shipbuilding
Laid down	22 June 1994
Launched	15 March 1996
Christened	18 May 1996
Commissioned	20 September 1997
Homeport	Norfolk
Identification	MMSI number: 368958000 Callsign: NBAT Hull number: LHD-5
Motto	Courage, Commitment, Honor
Status	in active service
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General characteristics
Type	Wasp-class amphibious assault ship
Displacement	40,500 long tons (41,150 t) full load
Length	843 ft (257 m)
Beam	104 ft (31.8 m)
Draft	27 ft (8.1 m)
Propulsion	Two boilers, two geared steam turbines, two shafts, 70,000 shp (52,000 kW);
Speed	22 knots (41 km/h; 25 mph)
Range	9,500 nautical miles (17,600 km; 10,900 mi) at 18 kn (33 km/h; 21 mph)
Well deck dimensions	266-by-50-foot (81 by 15.2 m) by 28-foot (8.5 m) high
Boats & landing craft carried	3 Landing Craft Air Cushion or 2 Landing Craft Utility[1] or 12 Landing Craft Mechanized
Troops	1,687 troops (plus 184 surge) Marine Detachment
Complement	1,208
Sensors and processing systems	1 AN/SPS-49 2-D Air Search Radar 1 AN/SPS-48 3-D Air Search Radar 1 AN/SPS-67 Surface Search Radar 1 Mk23 Target Acquisition System (TAS) 1 AN/SPN-43 Marshalling Air Traffic Control Radar 1 AN/SPN-35 Air Traffic Control Radar 1 AN/URN-25 TACAN system 1 AN/UPX-24 Identification Friend Foe
Armament	Two RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missile launchers Two RIM-7 Sea Sparrow missile launchers Two 20 mm Phalanx CIWS systems Three 25 mm Mk 38 chain guns Four .50 BMG machine guns
Aircraft carried	Actual mix depends on the mission Standard Complement: 6 AV-8B Harrier II attack aircraft or 6 F-35B Lightning II stealth strike-fighters 4 AH-1W AH-1Z Viper Super Cobra /Viper attack helicopter 12 MV-22B Osprey assault support tiltrotor 4 CH-53E Super Stallion heavy-lift helicopters 3–4 UH-1Y Venom utility helicopters Assault: 22+ MV-22B Osprey assault support tiltrotor Sea Control: 20 AV-8B Harrier II attack aircraft or 20 F-35B Lightning II stealth strike-fighters 6 SH-60F/HH-60H ASW helicopters

USS Bataan (LHD-5) is a Wasp-class amphibious assault ship in the United States Navy. The ship is named after the Battle of Bataan, fought in the Philippines during World War II. The ship enables the U.S. Navy and U.S. Marine Corps team to seamlessly transition from the sea to a land battle, as the lead ship and centerpiece of an Amphibious Ready Group. She is capable of amphibious assault, advance force, and special purpose operations, as well as evacuation and humanitarian assistance.