LCC 19 Blue Ridge class
| Specifications | |
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| Power Plant | Two boilers, one geared turbine, one shaft; 22,000 horsepower |
| Length overall | 634 feet (190 meters) |
| Beam extreme | 108 feet (32 meters) |
| Draft | 26 feet 9 inches (fully loaded) |
| Displacement | 18,874 tons (16,987 metric tons) full load |
| Speed | 23 knots (26.5 miles, 42.4 km, per hour) |
| Range | 13,000 nm @ 16 knots |
| Fuel | 2,800 tons |
| Weapons |
2 - 20-mm Mk 15 Phalanx Close In Weapons System 4 - 50 cal machine guns |
| Electronics |
SPS-64(V)9 (navigation radar) SPS-67(V)1 (surface search radar) SPS-40E (air search radar) SPS-48E (3-D air search radar) |
| Electronic Warfare |
SLQ-32(V)3 (active/passive) Mk 36 SRBOC DLS AN/SLQ-25 NIXIE SSTD Nixie towed acoustic torpedo decoy |
| Aircraft | All helicopters except the CH-53 Sea Stallion can be carried |
| Crew | 52 officers, 790 enlisted Total accommodations - about 1450 people |
| Unit Operating Cost Annual Average | $37,000,000 [source: [FY1996 VAMOSC] |
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