USS MESA VERDE (LPD 19)
AMPHIBIOUS TRANSPORT DOCK
VESSEL STATUS
Class:		LPD 17				UIC:		32421
Status:		Active, in commission				Fleet:		U.S. ATLANTIC FLEET
Date Status Changed:		12/15/2007				Homeport:		NORFOLK, VA
Maintenance Category:						Berth:
Force:		Battle Force
Builder:		Northrop Grumman Ship Systems Ingalls Operations
MILESTONE DATES
Award Date:		02/15/2000				Commission Date:		12/15/2007
Keel Date:		02/25/2003				Inactivation Date:
Launch Date:		11/20/2004				Decommission Date:
Age (since Launch)		14.4				Years from Commission to Decommission:
Delivery Date:		09/28/2007				In-Service Date:
Age (since Delivery)		11.6				Out of Service Date:
						Stricken Date:
PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS
Overall Length:		684 ft				Waterline Length:		656 ft
Extreme Beam:		105 ft				Waterline Beam:		105 ft
Max Navigational Draft:						Draft Limit:		24 ft
Light Displacement:		19100 tons				Full Displacement:		25750 tons
Dead Weight:		6650 tons
Hull Material:			Steel hull, steel superstructure.
No. of Propellers:		2
No. of Waterjets:
Propulsion Type:			Diesel Engines
Accommodations:			Officers:		38
			Enlisted:		364
PROGRAM CHARACTERISTICS
Custodian:			US NAVY
Planning Yard:			Huntington Ingalls Industries - Ingalls Shipbuilding
Nuclear Planning Yard:
Ships Program Manager:		PMS 407
Comments:
Last Updated:		08/01/2018
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