Homeport: Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek/Ft Story, Virginia
Built: Avondale Shipyards, Louisiana
Laid Down: Nov. 11, 1991
Launched: Oct. 2, 1993
Commissioned: Sept. 30,1995
Displacement:11,604 t.(lt), 16,601 t. (fl)
Length: 609’ 7”
Beam: 84’
Draft: 20’ 4” (max)
Speed: 24 knots
Propulsion: (4) 16-Cylinder diesel engines; 2 shafts; 33,000 shp
Complement: 30 Officers; 397 Enlisted
Troop Capacity: 27 Officers; 473 Enlisted
Aircraft/helicopters: (2) Flight Deck spots
Boats: (2) 11 meters; (1) 7meters
Amphibious: Well Deck Capacity; 2 LCACs or 1 LCU
Armament: (2) 25 mm Mk 38
Cannons: (2) 20 mm Phalanx
CIWS: (2) RAM Missile
Launchers: (6) .50 caliber machine guns