Zeebrugge, Belgium 19 March 2022
USA-flagged, IMO 6191045, MMSI 369978000 and call sign OGBE. Blue Ridge-class command ship. Building ordered on 10 August 1996, laid down by Newport News Shipbuilding&Drydock Company, Newport News, Virginia, USA on 8 January 1969, launched on 8 January 1970 and commissioned on 16 January 1971. Homeport Gaeta, Italy. Displacement 18,400 tons (full load) and as dimensions 189 x 33 x 9,06 (full laod) metres or 620.1 x 108.3 x 29.8 feet. Speed 23 knots. Horsepower 22,000hp. Range 12,000 nautical miles/16 knots. Crew numbered 326 men. Carries one helicopter with her. Armament 2 Phalanx CIWS, 2-2,5cm Bushmaster cannons, 4 12.7mm/0.50” machine guns and Mark36 SRBOC shaff rockets.
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