USS KEARSARGE (LHD-3) – ARCTIC CIRCLE 2022

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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

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