Name USS Mesa Verde Laid down 25 February 2003 Commissioned 15 December 2007 Launched 19 November 2004 Displacement 22.17 million kg Beam 30 m | Awarded 29 February 2000 Christened 15 January 2005 Construction started 25 February 2003 Length 208 m Draft 7 m | |
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Namesake Mesa Verde National Park Builder Northrop Grumman Ship Systems | ||
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USS Mesa Verde (LPD-19) is the third San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock and the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for Mesa Verde National Park in Colorado. The ship is designed to deliver a fully equipped battalion of up to 800 Marines.
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The contract to build her was awarded on 29 February 2000 to Northrop Grumman Ship Systems of Pascagoula, Mississippi, and her keel was laid down on 25 February 2003. She was launched on 19 November 2004, and christened on 15 January 2005 with Linda Price Campbell, wife of former Senator Ben Nighthorse Campbell of Colorado, serving as the ship’s sponsor. The ship was commissioned on 15 December 2007 in Panama City, Florida with her first commanding officer being Commander Shawn W. Lobree of Miami, Florida.
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