LHA-1 Tarawa class
| Specifications | ||||
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| Power Plant | Two boilers, two geared steam turbines, two shafts, 70,000 total shaft horsepower | |||
| Length | 778 feet (237.1 m) waterline
820 feet (249.9 m) overall | |||
| Beam | Extreme Beam: 106 ft Waterline Beam: 106 ft | |||
| Draft |
Maximum Navigational Draft: 26 ft Draft Limit: 27 ft | |||
| Displacement | Light Displacement: 26255 tons Full Displacement: 39925 tons Dead Weight: 13670 tons | |||
| Speed | 24 knots (27.6 miles per hour) (22 knots sustained) | |||
| Range | 10,000 nm @ 20 knots | |||
| Fuel | 5,900 tons | |||
| Aircraft |
(Actual mix depends upon mission) RECENT DEPLOYMENTS 6 - AV-8B Harrier attack planes 4 - AH-1W SuperCobra attack helicopter 12 - CH-46 Sea Knight helicopters 4 - CH-53 Sea Stallion helicopters 2 - UH-1N Huey helicopters OR 6 - AV-8B Harrier attack planes 4 - AH-1W SuperCobra attack helicopter 12 - CH-46 Sea Knight helicopters 9 - CH-53 Sea Stallion helicopters 4 - UH-1N Huey helicopters OR 6 - AV-8B Harrier attack planes 12 - CH-46 Sea Knight helicopters 9 - CH-53 Sea Stallion helicopters | |||
| Boats |
2 - LCU 1 - LCAC 4 - LCPL | |||
| Elevators |
1 deck edge (40,000-pound capacity) 1 stern (80,000-pound capacity) | |||
| Armament |
2 - 21 Cell Rolling Airframe Missile (RAM) 4 - 25mm MK38 Gun Mounts 2 - 20-mm Close In Weapons System Block 1 5 - .50 Cal Mounts 2 - SLQ-25 NIXIE 6 - Mk 36 Super Rapid-Blooming Off Board Chaff System (SRBOC) | |||
| Sensors: |
Mk-23 Target Acquisition System (TAS) Mod 5 SPS-64(V)9 (navigation radar) SPS-67 surface search radar SPS-40E air search radar SPS-48E 3-D air search radar SPS-64 navigation radar SPN-35A aircraft control/approach radar SPN-43C aircraft control/approach radar SLQ-32(V)3 electronic warfare suite SPG-60 (AA gun fire control) SPQ-9A (surface gun fire control) URN-25 TACAN Furuno navigation radar | |||
| Crew |
Ships Company: 82 officers, 882 enlisted Marine Detachment 1,900 plus
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| Unit Operating Cost Annual Average | $75,000,000 [source: [FY1996 VAMOSC] | |||
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