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Tarawa-class amphibious assault ship

Amphibious assault shipUnited StatesRetired
Tarawa-class amphibious assault ship
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Key specs

Type
Amphibious assault ship
Shipyards
Ingalls Shipbuilding
Construction began
1971
First commissioned
1976
Last retired
2015
Status
Retired
Ships completed
5
Ships planned
9
Crew
930

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Performance

Dimensions and weights
Displacement
39,967 t
Length
254.20 m
Beam
40.20 m
Draught
7.89 m
Performance
Maximum speed
24 kn (44 km/h)
Range
10,000 nmi (18,520 km)
Power
52,000 kW
Armament
Armament
2 × Vulcan Phalanx6 × 25 mm8 × 12.7 mm2 × Sea Sparrow3 × 127 mm
Aircraft carried
Sikorsky CH-53 Sea StallionBoeing Vertol CH-46 Sea KnightMcDonnell Douglas AV-8B Harrier II

Operators

United States

Sources

  1. Wikipedia: Tarawa-class amphibious assault ship, Wikipedia

Figures from the ship infobox of the English Wikipedia article, for the class as a whole. Armament lists what the ships carried or carry.