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| Class overview |
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| Builders: |
Northrop Grumman Ship Systems |
| Operators: |
United States Navy |
| Preceded by: |
Trenton-class amphibious transport dock, Austin-class amphibious transport dock, Cleveland-class amphibious transport dock, Anchorage-class dock landing ship, Newport-class tank landing ship, Charleston-class amphibious cargo ship |
| Succeeded by: |
N/A—current authorized amphibious transport dock line |
| Cost: |
$1,602.5 million (average for class)
$2,021.4 million (latest one) |
| Built: |
2000–2017 (forecast) |
| In commission: |
2006–present |
| Building: |
5 |
| Planned: |
11 |
| Cancelled: |
1 |
| Active: |
6 |
| General characteristics |
| Type: |
Amphibious transport dock |
| Displacement: |
24,900 t |
| Length: |
684 ft (208 m) |
| Beam: |
105 ft (32 m) |
| Draft: |
23 ft (7.0 m), full load |
| Propulsion: |
Four sequentially turbocharged marine Colt-Pielstick diesel engines, two shafts, 41,600 shp |
| Speed: |
In excess of 22 knots (41 km/h) |
Boats & landing
craft carried: |
2× LCACs (air cushion); or
1× LCU (conventional)
14× Expeditionary Fighting Vehicles/Amphibious Assault Vehicles |
| Complement: |
Crew: 28 officers, and 333 enlisted
Landing force: 66 officers, and 633 enlisted |
Sensors and
processing systems: |
AN/SPS-48G, AN/SPQ-9B |
Electronic warfare
& decoys: |
AN/SLQ-32 |
| Armament: |
2× Bushmaster II 30 mm Close in Guns
2× Rolling Airframe Missile launchers
2× Mk 41 8 Cell VLS for quad-packed ESSMs (if required)
Several twin M2 Browning Machine Gun turrets |
| Aircraft carried: |
Launch or land up to four CH-46 Sea Knight helicopters; or up to two MV-22 Osprey tilt rotor aircraft simultaneously with room to spot four MV-22s on deck and one in the hangar |
