USS Portland (LPD-27)
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USS Portland (LPD-27) is a San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship of the United States Navy, named after the U.S. city of Portland, Oregon.
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USS Portland during her sea trials in June 2017 | |
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United States | |
Name | Portland |
Namesake | Portland, Oregon |
Awarded | 27 July 2012[1] |
Builder | Ingalls Shipbuilding[1] |
Laid down | 2 August 2013[2] |
Launched | 13 February 2016[1] |
Sponsored by | Bonnie Amos[2] |
Acquired | 18 September 2017[1] |
Commissioned | 14 December 2017[1] |
Homeport | San Diego |
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Status | in active service |
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General characteristics | |
Class and type | San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock |
Displacement | 25,000 tons full |
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Draft | 7 m (23 ft) |
Propulsion | Four Colt-Pielstick diesel engines, two shafts, 40,000 hp (30 MW) |
Speed | 22 knots (41 km/h) |
Boats & landing craft carried | |
Capacity | 699 (66 officers, 633 enlisted); surge to 800 total. |
Complement | 28 officers, 333 enlisted |
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Aircraft carried | 4 CH-46 Sea Knight helicopters or 2 MV-22 tilt rotor aircraft may be launched or recovered simultaneously. |
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