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USS KEARSARGE (LHD-3)
USS Kearsarge (LHD-3) is the third Wasp-class amphibious assault ship of the United States Navy. She is the fifth ship to bear that name, but the fourth to serve under it, as the third was renamed Hornet (CV-12) before launching (after the prior Hornet was sunk).
Name. Kearsarge
Namesake. USS Kearsarge
Builder. Ingalls Shipbuilding
Laid down. 6 Feb 1990
Launched. 26 Mar 1992
Christened. 16 May 1992
Commissioned. 16 Oct 1993
Homeport. Norfolk
Identification. MMSI number: 368702000
Callsign: NNKP
Hull number: LHD-3
Motto: Proud-Trustworthy-Bold
Status. active service
General characteristics:
Type. Wasp-class amphibious assault ship
Displacement. 40,500 long tons (41,150 t) full load
Length. 843 ft (257 m)
Beam. 104 ft (31.8 m)
Draft. 27 ft (8.1 m)
Propulsion. Two boilers, two geared steam turbines, two shafts, 70,000 shp (52,000 kW)
Speed. 22 knots (41 km/h; 25 mph)
Range. 9,500 nautical miles (17,600 km; 10,900 mi) at 18 kn (33 km/h; 21 mph)
Well deck dimensions. 266-by-50-foot (81 by 15.2 m) by 28-foot (8.5 m) high
Boats & landing craft carried. 3 Landing Craft Air Cushion or 2 Landing Craft Utility or 12 Landing Craft Mechanized
Troops. 1,687 troops (plus 184 surge) Marine Detachment
Complement. 1,208
Sensors and processing systems. 1 AN/SPS-49 2-D Air Search Radar; 1 AN/SPS-48 3-D Air Search Radar; 1 AN/SPS-67 Surface Search Radar; 1 Mk23 Target Acquisition System (TAS); 1 AN/SPN-43 Marshalling Air Traffic Control Radar; 1 AN/SPN-35 Air Traffic Control Radar; 1 AN/URN-25 TACAN system; 1 AN/UPX-24 Identification Friend Foe
Armament. Two RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missile launchers; Two RIM-7 Sea Sparrow missile launchers; Two 20 mm Phalanx CIWS systems; Four 25 mm Mk 38 chain guns; Four .50 BMG machine guns
Aircraft carried. (Actual mix depends on the mission)
Standard Complement: 6 AV-8B Harrier II attack aircraft or 6 F-35B Lightning II stealth strike-fighters; 4 AH-1W/Z Super Cobra/Viper attack helicopter; 12 MV-22B Osprey assault support tiltrotor; 4 CH-53E Super Stallion heavy-lift helicopters; 3–4 UH-1Y Venom utility helicopters
Assault: 22+ MV-22B Osprey assault support tiltrotor
Sea Control: 20 AV-8B Harrier II attack aircraft or 20 F-35B Lightning II stealth strike-fighters
6 SH-60F/HH-60H ASW helicopters