Notes: Ordered December 1992
Laid down: 18 April 1995
Launched: 14 March 1997
Commissioned: 15 August 1998
Status: Active in service as of 2008
Homeport s:"San Diego", California

Class: Wasp
Builder: Ingalls Shipbuilding, Pascagoula, Miss.
Displacement: 27,565 tons light,
40,500 tons full,
12,821 tons dead
Length: 844 ft (257 m) overall 778 ft (237 m) waterline
Beam: 110 ft (34 m) extreme,106 (32 m) feet waterline
Draft: 27 ft (8.2 m) navigational, 28 ft (8.5 m) limit
Power Plant: Two boilers, two geared steam turbines
Propulsion: Two shafts 70,000 shaft horsepower (52 MW)
Speed: 20 knots (37 km/h)
Range: 9500+ miles (18,000 km), at 18 knots (33 km/h)

Complement (typical): Embarked ships company: 104 officers, 1,004 enlisted,
Embarked Marine detachment: 1,894 officers and enlisted
Armament: 2 RAM (Rolling Airframe Missile) launchers,
2 NATO s:"Sea Sparrow" launchers,
2 20 mm s:"Phalanx" CIWS mounts,
4 0.50 in (12.7 mm) machine guns,
3 25 mm Mk 38 machine guns,
2 40mm saluting batteries

Aircraft (typical): Assault: 42 s:"CH-46" Sea Knight helicopters,
Sea Control: 5 s:"AV-8B" Harrier attack planes. 6 ASW helicopters
Landing Craft (typical): 3 s:"air cushion landing craft" (LCAC)
Motto: I have not yet begun to fight!
Nicknames: Revolutionary Gator, Bonnie Dick