USS Green Bay (LPD-20)
|
|
 | |
| Career | 
|
|---|---|
| Ordered: | 15 May 2000 |
| Laid down: | 26 August 2003 |
| Launched: | |
| Commissioned: | |
| Decommissioned: | |
| Status: | Under construction in US by Navy, unassigned to fleet |
| Stricken: | |
| General Characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 24333 tons |
| Length: | 208.4 m (684 ft) overall, 201.4 m (661 ft) waterline |
| Beam: | 32 m (105 ft) extreme, 29.5 m (97 ft) waterline |
| Draft: | 7 m (23 ft) |
| Propulsion: | |
| Speed: | |
| Range: | |
| Complement: | 32 officers, 364 men |
| Armament: | |
| Aircraft: | |
| Motto: | |
USS Green Bay (LPD-20), a San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock, is the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the city in Wisconsin.
The contract to build her was awarded to Northrop Grumman Ship Systems of New Orleans, Louisiana, on 15 May 2000 and her keel was laid down on 26 August 2003. She is scheduled to be commissioned in 2006.
See USS Green Bay for other ships of this name.
References
This article contains information from the Naval Vessel Registry and various other U.S. Navy Web sites.
External link
Article from the Green Bay News Chronicle (http://www.greenbaynewschron.com/page.html?article=126810)