![]() USS Bataan underway in 1999
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Name | Bataan |
Namesake | USS Bataan (CVL-29) |
Ordered | 20 December 1991 |
Builder | Ingalls Shipbuilding |
Laid down | 22 June 1994 |
Launched | 15 March 1996 |
Christened | 18 May 1996 |
Commissioned | 20 September 1997 |
Homeport | Norfolk |
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Motto | Courage, Commitment, Honor |
Status | in active service |
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General characteristics | |
Type | Wasp-class amphibious assault ship |
Displacement | 40,500 long tons (41,150 t) full load |
Length | 843 ft (257 m) |
Beam | 104 ft (31.8 m) |
Draft | 27 ft (8.1 m) |
Propulsion | Two boilers, two geared steam turbines, two shafts, 70,000 shp (52,000 kW); |
Speed | 22 knots (41 km/h; 25 mph) |
Range | 9,500 nautical miles (17,600 km; 10,900 mi) at 18 kn (33 km/h; 21 mph) |
Well deck dimensions: | 266-by-50-foot (81 by 15.2 m) by 28-foot (8.5 m) high |
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Troops | 1,687 troops (plus 184 surge) Marine Detachment |
Complement | 1,208 |
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USS Bataan (LHD-5) is a Wasp-class amphibious assault ship in the United States Navy. The ship is named after the Battle of Bataan, fought in the Philippines during World War II. The ship enables the U.S. Navy and U.S. Marine Corps team to seamlessly transition from the sea to a land battle, as the lead ship and centerpiece of an Amphibious Ready Group. She is capable of amphibious assault, advance force, and special purpose operations, as well as evacuation and humanitarian assistance.
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