USS Mesa Verde
 USS Mesa Verde in December 2007
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| History | |
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 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 |
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| Motto | Courage Teamwork Tradition |
| Status | in active service |
| Badge | _crest.png) |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock |
| Displacement | 24,433 tons (full) |
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| Beam |
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| Draft | 7 meters (23 ft) |
| Propulsion |
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| 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 |
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| 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.
History
[edit]The contract to build Mesa Verde was awarded on February 29, 2000 to Northrop Grumman Ship Systems of Pascagoula, Mississippi, and her keel was laid down on February 25, 2003. She was launched on 19 November 2004, and christened on January 15, 2005 with Linda Price Campbell, wife of former Senator Ben Nighthorse Campbell of Colorado, serving as the ship's sponsor. The ship was commissioned on December 15, 2007 in Panama City, Florida.[2]
References
[edit]- This article contains information from the Naval Vessel Registry and various other United States Navy Web sites.
- ^ "Norfolk-based USS Mesa Verde heads to Persian Gulf with 550 Marines aboard". June 16, 2014.
- ^ "U.S. Navy commissions new ship built by Northrop Grumman". Associated Press. December 15, 2007. Archived from the original on December 18, 2007. Retrieved December 18, 2007.
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