USS Tripoli (LHA-7)
,_2012_(120504-N-AL577-001).jpg) Artist's impression of USS Tripoli (LHA-7)
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| History | |
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| Name | Tripoli |
| Namesake | United States of America |
| Awarded | 31 May 2012 |
| Builder | Huntington Ingalls Industries |
| Laid down | 20 June 2014 [2] |
| Sponsored by | Mrs. Lynne Mabus, Lt. Cmdr. Steve Senk (ret.) |
| Status | Under construction |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Template:Sclass- |
| Displacement | 44,971 long tons (45,693 t) |
| Length | 844 feet (257.3 meters) |
| Beam | 106 feet (32.3 meters) |
| Draft | 26 feet (7.9 meters) |
| Propulsion | Two marine gas turbines, two shafts, 70,000 total brake horsepower, two 5,000 horsepower auxiliary propulsion motors. |
| Speed | 22+ knots (41+ km/h) |
| Complement | list error: <br /> list (help) 65 officers, 994 enlisted 1,687 Marines (plus 184 surge) |
| Sensors and processing systems | list error: <br /> list (help) AN/SPQ-9B fire control AN/SPS-48E airsearch radar[3] |
| Electronic warfare & decoys | list error: <br /> list (help) AN/SLQ-32B(V)2 2×Mk53 NULKA decoy launchers[4] |
| Armament | list error: <br /> list (help) 2× Rolling Airframe Missile launchers 2× Evolved Sea Sparrow Missile launchers 2× 20 mm Phalanx CIWS mounts 7× twin .50 BMG machine guns |
| Aircraft carried | list error: <br /> list (help) MV-22B Osprey F-35B Lightning II CH-53K Super Stallion UH-1Y Venom AH-1Z Viper MH-60S Knighthawk |
USS Tripoli (LHA-7) is the second Template:Sclass-s built for the United States Navy. Her keel was laid down on 22 June 2014 at Huntington Ingalls Industries, Pascagoula, Mississippi, (USA). Tripoli is the third U.S. Navy ship named for the Battle of Derne in 1805. It was the decisive victory of a mercenary army led by a detachment of United States Marines and soldiers against the forces of Tripoli during the First Barbary War. It was the first recorded land battle of the United States fought overseas.
Design
The design is based on the USS Makin Island (LHD-8), itself an improved version of the Wasp-class amphibious assault ship. Approximately 45% of the Flight 0 design is based on LHD-8, with the well deck removed to allow more room for aircraft and aviation fuel.[5] The removal of the well deck for landing craft allows for an extended hangar deck with two significantly wider high bay areas, each fitted with an overhead crane for aircraft maintenance.
Other enhancements include a reconfigurable command and control complex, an on-board hospital, additional aviation fuel capacity, and numerous aviation support spaces.[6] The design of Tripoli features an enlarged hangar deck, realignment and expansion of the aviation maintenance facilities, a significant increase in available stowage for parts and support equipment, and increased aviation fuel capacity. The ship will also be the first LHA replacement ship to deliver fully ready to integrate the entire future air combat element of the United States Marine Corps to include the F-35B Lightning II.[7]
References
- ^ Template:Http://www.nvr.navy.mil/nvrships/details/LHA7.htm
- ^ "Future USS Tripoli (LHA 7) Keel Authenticated". United States Navy. 20 June 2014. Retrieved 22 June 2014.
- ^ http://www.dote.osd.mil/pub/reports/FY2008/pdf/navy/2008lha6.pdf
- ^ http://www.dote.osd.mil/pub/reports/FY2008/pdf/navy/2008lha6.pdf
- ^ http://www.gao.gov/htext/d09326sp.html
- ^ http://www.navy.mil/submit/display.asp?story_id=38154
- ^ http://www.navy.mil/submit/display.asp?story_id=81793
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