Blue Ridge Class LCC

Blue Ridge Class LCC (Amphibious Command Ship) – 2 units

LCC-19 – Blue Ridge – Commissioned: 1970 – №: 1 – Homeport: Yokosuka

LCC-20 – Mount Whitney – Commissioned: 1971 – №: 2 – Homeport: Gaeta

Displacement: 19,609 tons

Length: 194 m

Beam: 32.9 m

Draft: 8.8 m

Propulsion: 2 boilers, 1 geared turbine, 1 shaft; 22,000 hp (16 MW)

Speed: 23 kn (43 km/h)

Range: 19,000 km

Complement:

Crew: 52 Officer, 790 Enlisted;

With Command Staff: 268 Officers, 1173 Enlisted

Armament:

2× Phalanx CIWS guns;

4× 25 mm Bushmaster cannons;

8× Browning .50 cal. Machine guns;

Mark 36 SRBOC chaff rockets;

Aircraft carried: 2 helicopters, currently the Sikorsky SH-60 Sea Hawk