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Tarawa class amphibious assault ship
General characteristics of the Tarawa-class amphibious assault ship:
- Builders: Ingalls Shipbuilding, Pascagoula, Mississippi
- Power Plant: Two boilers, two geared steam turbines, two shafts, 70,000 total shaft horsepower (52 MW)
- Length: 820 ft (249.9 m)
- Beam: 106 ft (31.8 m)
- Displacement: 39,400 tons (40,032 t) full load
- Speed: 24 knots (44 km/h)
- Aircraft: (Actual mix depends upon mission)
- Nine CH-53 Sea Stallion helicopters
- Twelve CH-46 Sea Knight helicopters
- Six AV-8B Harrier II fighter-bombers
- Ships:
- Crew:
- Ships Company: 82 officers, 882 enlisted
- Marine Detachment 1,900 plus
- Armament: Two RAM launchers; two 5 inch (127 mm) 54 cal. MK-45 lightweight guns; two Phalanx 20 mm CIWS mount; four 0.50 cal (12.7 mm) machine guns; four 25 mm Mk 38 machine guns
- Date Deployed: May 29, 1976 (Tarawa)
The Tarawa class formed the basis for the later Wasp class.
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