USS Mesa Verde - LPD19

Name:	USS Mesa Verde
Namesake:	Mesa Verde National Park
Awarded:	29 February 2000
Builder:	Northrop Grumman Ship Systems
Laid down:	25 February 2003
Launched:	19 November 2004
Christened:	15 January 2005
Commissioned:	15 December 2007
Homeport:	Norfolk, Virginia
Motto:	Courage Teamwork Tradition
Status:	in active service
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General characteristics
Class and type:	San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock
Displacement:	24,433 tons (full)
Length:	208.4 meters (684 ft) overall, 201.4 meters (661 ft) waterline
Beam:	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)
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:	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
Aircraft carried:	Four CH-46 Sea Knight helicopters or two MV-22 tilt rotor aircraft may be launched or recovered simultaneously.