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USS Helmand Province (LHA-10)

America Class LHA(R) Amphibious Assault Ship:
Specifications:
Displacement 44,971 long t.(lt), 50,000 long t.(fl)
Length 844'
Beam 106'
Speed 22+ kts.
Endurance 9,500 miles
Medical Capability
Two operating rooms
Twenty-Four bed ward
Flight Deck
Nine CH-53K spots
Elevators one Port, one Starboard
Vehicle Square 19,112 ft
Cargo/Ammo Cube 145,963 ft
Aviation Fuel (JP-5) 1,300,000 gal / or 1.6 M gallons
Aircraft, Standard Configuration:
Ten F-35B Joint Strike Fighters (JSF) STOVL aircraft
Twelve MV-22 Osprey VTOL tiltrotors
Four CH-53E Sea Stallion helicopters
Eight AH-1Z Super Cobra helicopters
Four MH-60S Seahawk helicopters
Complement
65 - 100 officers
994 - 1,000 enlisted
Load:
1,687 troops, plus 184 surge
Marine Detachment: 1,800
Armament
Two Mk-29 NATO Evolved Sea Sparrow launchers
Two MK49 Rolling Airframe Missile [RAM]
Three 20mm Phalanx CIWS mounts
Eight .50 cal. machine guns
Electronics
AN/USG-2 Cooperative Engagement Capability (CEC)
SSDS MK2
Distributed Common Ground System (DCGS-N)
AN/USQ-T46(V) BFTT
IFF Interrogator System AN/UPX-29 (V)
AN/SRC-55
AN/TPX-42A(V)14
AN/SPN-35C
AN/WSN-7 RLGN
AN/SPS-48 Radar
AN/SPS-49 Radar
AN/SPQ-9B Radar
Propulsion
Two General Electric "LM2500 plus" gas turbines engines, approximately 50 MW
Two propellers, 70,000 total brake horsepower
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Crew Contact And Reunion Information
U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log
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