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USS Bougainville (LHA-8)
America-class amphibious assault ship / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For other ships with the same name, see USS Bougainville.
USS Bougainville (LHA-8) is an America-class amphibious assault ship currently under construction for the United States Navy.[9] She will be the second Navy ship to be named Bougainville.[10][1]
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Name | Bougainville |
Namesake | Bougainville Campaign[1] |
Awarded | 30 June 2016[2] |
Builder | Huntington Ingalls Industries[2][3] |
Laid down | 14 March 2019[4] |
Launched | 6 October 2023[5] |
Sponsored by | Ellyn Dunford |
Christened | 2 December 2023 |
Identification | Hull number: LHA-8 |
Status | Under construction[6] |
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Class and type | America-class amphibious assault ship |
Displacement | 44,971 long tons (45,693 t) |
Length | 844 ft (257 m) |
Beam | 106 ft (32 m) |
Draft | 26 ft (7.9 m) (7.9 meters) |
Propulsion | Two marine gas turbines, two shafts, 70,000 bhp (52,000 kW), two 5,000 hp (3,700 kW) auxiliary propulsion motors. |
Speed | Over 22 knots (41 km/h; 25 mph) |
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