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USS Richard M. McCool Jr. (LPD-29)


International Radio Call Sign:
November - Romeo - Mike - Mike
 NRMM
San Antonio Class Amphibious Transport Dock:
  • Laid down, 12 April 2019, at Ingalls Shipbuilding, Pascagoula, MS.
  • Launched, 7 January 2022
  • Christened, 11 June 2022
  • Commissioned, 7 September 2024, at NAS Pensacola, Pensacola, FL., Capt. Jeffery D. Baker USN in Command
    Specifications:
    Displacement 25,000 t.(fl)
    Length 684'
    Beam 105'
    Draft 23 ft.
    Speed 22 kts.
    Complement 33 Officers, 411 Enlisted
    Troop Accommodations 66 Officers, 625 Enlisted
    Mission Systems
    Vehicles/Cargo (Net): Three Vehicle Decks (2323 sq m)
    Two Cargo/Ammo Magazines (708 cu m)
    Cargo Fuel, JP-5 (1190 cu m) , MOGAS (38 cu m)
    Two LCACs
    Medical
    Two Operating Rooms
    24 Person Hospital Ward
    100 Casualty Overflow Capacity:
    Aviation Facilities
    Hangar - "O" Level, Maintenance Facilities for; One CH-53E, or Two CH-46s, or One MV-22, or Three UH/AH-1s
    Landing - Two CH-53s, or Four AH/UH-1s, or Four CH-46s, or Two MV-22s, or One AV-8B Harrier:
    Main Propulsion
    4 - Medium Speed Turbocharged Marine Diesels
    2 - Shafts
    2 - Single Reversing Reduction Gears
    2 - Inboard Rotating (top) Fixed Pitch Propellers
    Electric Plant
    5 - 2500 KW Ship Service Marine Diesel Generators
    5 - Main Ship Service 60 Hz SWBS
    3 - Ship Service 400 Hz SWBS
    3 - 60 to 400 Hz solid State Frequency changers
    Zonal 60 Hz Power distribution system
    Advanced Degaussing System
    Auxiliaries
    7 - 700 KW Non-CFC Air conditioning Plants
    5 - 12000 GPD Reverse Osmosis Desalination Plants
    10 - 1000 GPM Navy Standard Firepumps
    2 - HP Air Compressors
    3 - LP Air Compressors
    3 - Deballast Air Compressors
    Navigation
    Digital Flux Gate Magnetic Compass
    AN/WSN-7(V)1 Inertial Navigation System
    AN/WQN-2 Doppler Sonar Velocity Log System
    AN/UQN-4A Sonar Sounding Set, Dead Reckoning System
    Navigation Telex System
    AN/SSN-6 NAVSSI
    Armament
    1 - MK 41, 16 Cell VLS, (Space & Weight)
    2 - MK 31 Mod 0 RAM Launchers
    2 - MK 46 Mod 1 30mm Machine Guns
    2 - MK 26 Mod 17 .50 Cal Machine Guns
    Command & Control
    AN/SPQ-12(V) Radar Display Dist. Distribution System
    MK 2 SSDS
    AN/USQ-119C(V)27 JMCIS
    AN/KSQ-1 Amphibious Assault Direction System
    MK 91, 2 Channel MFCS
    AN/USG-2 CEC
    Radar Systems
    AN/SPS-48E
    AN/SPQ-9B
    AN/SPS-73
    EW & Decoy Systems
    AN/SLQ-25A NIXIE
    AN/SLQ-32Q(V)2
    MK 36 SRBOC
    MK 53 / NULKA
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    Richard M. McCool
    10092902    		 159k Richard M. McCool Jr. (LPD-29) keel laying ceremony at Ingalls Shipbuilding, Pascagoula, MS., 12 April 2019.
    Left, Shana McCool and Kate Oja, ship sponsors of the future USS Richard M. McCool (LPD-29), speak about their grandfather during the keel authentication ceremony for the ship at Huntington Ingalls Industries Pascagoula shipyard 12 April 2019. Then a Navy captain, McCool received the Medal of Honor for his heroic actions in rescuing survivors from a sinking destroyer and for saving his own landing support ship during an enemy attack while injured.
    U.S. Navy photo 190412-N-BR740-1054: by Samantha Crane    		 Society of Sponsors of the United States Navy  
    Richard M. McCool
    10092901    		 88k Richard M. McCool Jr. (LPD-29) launching at Ingalls Shipbuilding, Pascagoula, MS., 7 January 2022
    Ingalls Shipbuilding photo from Seapower Magazine, January 2022    		 Lee Wahler
    Richard M. McCool
    10092903    		 296k Christening of Richard M. McCool Jr. (LPD-29) at Ingalls Shipbuilding, Pascagoula, MS., 11 June 2022. The ship's co-sponsors, Shana McCool and Kate Oja, McCool's granddaughters, break the traditional bottles of Champagne across the ships bow.
    Ingalls Shipbuilding photos    		 Dale Hargrave
    Richard M. McCool
    10092904    		 88k
    Richard M. McCool
    10092907    		 3180k USS Richard M. McCool Jr. (LPD-29) underway in the Gulf of Mexico during builders trials, completed 24 March 2024
    Ingalls Shipbuilding photo    		  
    Richard M. McCool
    10092905    		 726k USS Richard M. McCool Jr. (LPD-29) moored pierside at Naval Station Norfolk, VA., 30 January 2024. Photos by Charles T. Canterbury, HMCS(SW/FMF), USN (Ret)
    Richard M. McCool
    10092906    		 1323k
    LCS(L)(3)-122
    1005012203    		 35k Front and back of the Medal of Honor medallion given by the family of LT. Richard M. McCool, USN Jr., Commanding Officer USS LCS(L)(3)-122 to Bill Mason. Gordon Stutrud
    There is no DANFS history for USS Richard M. McCool Jr. (LPD-29) at NavSource
    Lieutenant Richard Miles McCool, Jr. United States Navy Medal of Honor Citation
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log
    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
    USS Richard M. McCool Jr. (LPD-29)
    USS Richard M. McCool Jr. (LPD-29) Historical Chronology
    Navy Fact File - Amphibious Transport Dock - LPD
    Federation of American Scientists, Military Analysis Network, US Navy Ships
    Commanding Officers
    01CAPT. Baker, Jeffrey Duane, USN7 Septenber 2024 -  
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