USS Mesa Verde (LPD-19)
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| Awarded: | 15 February 2000 |
| Laid down: | 25 February 2003 |
| Launched: | 15 January 2005 |
| Commissioned: | scheduled for 2006 |
| Status: | In workups |
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| General Characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 24433 tons light, 24433 tons full |
| Length: | 208.4 meters (684 ft) overall, 201.4 meters (661 ft) waterline |
| Beam: | 32 meters (105 ft) extreme, 29.5 meters (97 ft) waterline |
| Draft: | 7 meters (23 ft) |
| Complement: | 32 officers, 364 men |
USS Mesa Verde (LPD-19), a San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock, is the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for Mesa Verde National Park in Colorado.
The contract to build her was awarded on 15 February 2000 to Northrop Grumman Ship Systems of Pascagoula, Mississippi, and her keel was laid down on 25 February 2003. She was launched on 15 January 2005 with Linda Price Campbell, wife of former Senator Ben Nighthorse Campbell of Colorado, serving as the ship’s sponsor. Commander Shawn W. Lobree is scheduled to take command when the ship is commissioned in 2006.
References
This article contains information from the Naval Vessel Registry and various other United States Navy Web sites.