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USS Mesa Verde (LPD-19)

San Antonio Class Amphibious Transport Dock:

Laid down, 25 February 2003, at Northrop Grumman Ship Systems, Avondale Operations, New Orleans, LA.

Launched, 19 November 2004

Delivered, 28 September 2007

Commissioned, USS Mesa Verde (LPD-19), 15 December 2007, at Panama City, FL., CDR. Shawn W. Lorbee, USN in command

Homeport, Norfolk, VA.

Specifications:
Displacement 25,000 t.(fl)
Length 684'
Beam 105'
Draft 23 ft.
Speed 22 kts.
Complement 33 Officers, 411 Enlisted
Troop Accommodations 66 Officers, 625 Enlisted
Flag Staff Accommodations 84
Mission Systems

Vehicles/Cargo (Net): Three Vehicle Decks (2323 sq m)

Two Cargo/Ammo Magazines (708 cu m)

Cargo Fuel, JP-5 (1190 cu m) , MOGAS (38 cu m)

Two LCACs
Medical

Two Operating Rooms

24 Person Hospital Ward

100 Casualty Overflow Capacity:
Aviation Facilities

Hangar - "O" Level, Maintenance Facilities for; One CH-53E, or Two CH-46s, or One MV-22, or Three UH/AH-1s

Landing - Two CH-53s, or Four AH/UH-1s, or Four CH-46s, or Two MV-22s, or One AV-8B Harrier:
Main Propulsion

4 - Medium Speed Turbocharged Marine Diesels

2 - Shafts

2 - Single Reversing Reduction Gears

2 - Inboard Rotating (top) Fixed Pitch Propellers
Electric Plant

5 - 2500 KW Ship Service Marine Diesel Generators

5 - Main Ship Service 60 Hz SWBS

3 - Ship Service 400 Hz SWBS

3 - 60 to 400 Hz solid State Frequency changers

Zonal 60 Hz Power distribution system

Advanced Degaussing System
Auxiliaries

7 - 700 KW Non-CFC Air conditioning Plants

5 - 12000 GPD Reverse Osmosis Desalination Plants

10 - 1000 GPM Navy Standard Firepumps

2 - HP Air Compressors

3 - LP Air Compressors

3 - Deballast Air Compressors
Navigation

Digital Flux Gate Magnetic Compass

AN/WSN-7(V)1 Inertial Navigation System

AN/WQN-2 Doppler Sonar Velocity Log System

AN/UQN-4A Sonar Sounding Set, Dead Reckoning System

Navigation Telex System

AN/SSN-6 NAVSSI
Armament

1 - MK 41, 16 Cell VLS, (Space & Weight)

2 - MK 31 Mod 0 RAM Launchers

2 - MK 46 Mod 1 30mm Machine Guns

2 - MK 26 Mod 17 .50 Cal Machine Guns
Command & Control

AN/SPQ-12(V) Radar Display Dist. Distribution System

MK 2 SSDS

AN/USQ-119C(V)27 JMCIS

AN/KSQ-1 Amphibious Assault Direction System

MK 91, 2 Channel MFCS

AN/USG-2 CEC
Radar Systems

AN/SPS-48E

AN/SPQ-9B

AN/SPS-73
EW & Decoy Systems

AN/SLQ-25A NIXIE

AN/SLQ-32Q(V)2

MK 36 SRBOC

MK 53 / NULKA

Size	Image Description	Source
51k	Mesa Verde (LPD-19) underway during builders sea trials, circa December 2007. US Navy photo.	Mike Brock
280k	Mesa Verde (LPD-19) underway during builders sea trials, circa December 2007. US Navy photo.	Mike Brock
679k	*USS Mesa Verde* (LPD-19)**'s Marine contingent prepare to board the amphibious transport dock ship Saturday morning during the commissioning ceremony in Panama City, FL., 15 December 2007. Photo courtesy of Northrop Grumman Corp.	Bill Gonyo
228k	More than 3,000 guests attended the commissioning ceremony for *USS Mesa Verde* (LPD-19), 15 December 2007. Mesa Verde** is the third amphibious transport dock of the San Antonio class and will support the Marine Corps mobility triad, which consists of the landing craft air cushion, advanced amphibious assault vehicles and the MV-22A Osprey tilt rotor aircraft. The ship also provides improved war fighting capabilities including an advanced command-and-control suite, increased lift-capacity in vehicle and cargo-carrying capability and advanced ship-survivability features. The ship is named after Mesa Verde National Park in Colorado, a significant archaeological and anthropological site that in 1906 Congress established as the first cultural park in the National Park Systems. US Navy photo # 071215-N-6386V-001 PANAMA CITY, Fla. (Dec. 15, 2007) by Heather Vann.	Bill Gonyo
213k	*USS Mesa Verde* (LPD-19)**'s sponsor Linda Campbell joins 4,000 guests in applauding the sailors and Marines who boarded her ship at the pinnacle of the commissioning ceremony on Saturday, 15 December 2007 in Panama City, FL Photo courtesy of Northrop Grumman Corp.	Bill Gonyo
1429k	*USS Mesa Verde* (LPD-19)** moored pierside at Norfolk, VA., 27 April 2008.	Photo by Larry Backus
1277k	*USS Mesa Verde* (LPD-19)** moored pierside at Norfolk, VA., 27 April 2008.	Photo by Larry Backus
948k	A 10,000-pound underwater explosion rocks *USS Mesa Verde* (LPD-19)** during a shock test off the Florida coast. The test is part of Navy trials for the San Antonio-class ship, which was commissioned last December. US Navy photo # 080816-N-6031Q-213 ATLANTIC OCEAN (Aug. 16, 2008).	Lee Wahler
140k	*USS Mesa Verde* (LPD-19)** moored at Norfolk, Naval Shipyard, Portsmouth, VA., November 2008	Gerd Matthes
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There is no DANFS history available for USS Mesa Verde (LPD-19) at NavSource

Crew Contact And Reunion Information
U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log
Fleet Reserve Association

Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
USS Mesa Verde (LPD-19)
Navy Fact File - Amphibious Transport Dock - LPD
Federation of American Scientists, Military Analysis Network, US Navy Ships

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