Ident-ships
USS Mesa Verde
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History
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Builder :
Northrop Grumman Ship Systems
Keel laid :
25 February 2003
Launched :
19 November 2004
Commissioned :
15 December 2007
Specifications
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Displacement :24,433 tons (full)
Length :208.4 meters (684 ft) overall,
201.4 meters (661 ft) waterline
Width :32 meters (105 ft) extreme,
29.5 meters (97 ft) waterline
Draft:7 meters (23 ft)
Propulsion :Four
Colt-Pielstick
diesel engines, two shafts,
40,000 hp (30 MW)
Speed :22 knots (41 km/h)
Range :
Crew :28 officers, 83 enlisted (including 550 marines)
Military equipment
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Sensors :
Weapon systems :
Electronic warfare and decoys :
Armament :1 × 16 cell
MK 41 VLS
(capable, but not currently installed)
2 ×
RIM-116 RAM
launchers for air defense;
2 × 30 mm
Bushmaster II
cannons, for surface threat defense;
2 ×
0.5 in (12.7 mm)
machine guns for close protection
Embarked aviation :Four
CH-46
Sea Knight
helicopters
or two
MV-22
tilt rotor aircraft may be launched or recovered simultaneously.