USS Green Bay (LPD-20)
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USS Green Bay (LPD-20) is a San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock. She is the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the city and bay of Green Bay, Wisconsin.
USS Green Bay on 1 December 2008 | |
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Name | Green Bay |
Namesake | Green Bay |
Ordered | 30 May 2000 |
Builder | Northrop Grumman Ship Systems |
Laid down | 11 August 2003 |
Christened | 15 July 2006 |
Launched | 11 August 2006 |
Acquired | 29 August 2008 |
Commissioned | 24 January 2009 |
Homeport | Sasebo |
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Status | in active service |
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Class and type | San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock |
Displacement | 25,000 tons full |
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Draft | 7.0 m (23 ft 0 in)) |
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Speed | 22 knots (41 km/h) |
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Capacity | 700 (66 officers, 633 enlisted Marines); with a surge to 800 total. |
Complement | 28 officers, 332 enlisted sailors |
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Aircraft carried | 4 × CH-46 Sea Knight helicopters or 2 × MV-22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft may be launched or recovered simultaneously, with many more than this carried. |
The contract to build her was awarded to Northrop Grumman Ship Systems of New Orleans, Louisiana, on 30 May 2000 and her keel was laid down on 11 August 2003. Green Bay was christened on 15 July 2006 and commissioned on 24 January 2009. Rose Magnus, the wife of Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps General Robert Magnus, served as the ship's sponsor. Green Bay is assigned to the U.S. Pacific Fleet,[1] and her home port was Naval Base San Diego,[2] until 2015 when she was forward deployed to United States Fleet Activities Sasebo in Sasebo, Nagasaki, Japan.[3]
The ship's name has resulted in a close connection to the people of Green Bay, Wisconsin, and their professional football team, the Green Bay Packers. The ship's flight deck is named "Lambeau Field" after the name of the Packers' stadium. Green Bay businesses and residents presented the ship with a truckload of Packerland memorabilia for her 2009 commissioning.[4][5]