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USS Bougainville (LHA-8)

America Class LHA(R) Amphibious Assault Ship:
  • Keel Authentation, 14 March 2019
  • Christened, 2 December 2023
  • Expedted delivery date 2024
    Specifications:
    Displacement 44,971 long t.(lt), 50,000 long t.(fl)
    Length 844'
    Beam 106'
    Speed 22+ kts.
    Endurance 9,500 miles
    Medical Capability
    Two operating rooms
    Twenty-Four bed ward
    Flight Deck
    Nine CH-53K spots
    Elevators one Port, one Starboard
    Vehicle Square 19,112 ft
    Cargo/Ammo Cube 145,963 ft
    Aviation Fuel (JP-5) 1,300,000 gal / or 1.6 M gallons
    Aircraft, Standard Configuration:
    Ten F-35B Joint Strike Fighters (JSF) STOVL aircraft
    Twelve MV-22 Osprey VTOL tiltrotors
    Four CH-53E Sea Stallion helicopters
    Eight AH-1Z Super Cobra helicopters
    Four MH-60S Seahawk helicopters
    Complement
    65 - 100 officers
    994 - 1,000 enlisted
    Load:
    1,687 troops, plus 184 surge
    Marine Detachment: 1,800
    Armament
    Two Mk-29 NATO Evolved Sea Sparrow launchers
    Two MK49 Rolling Airframe Missile [RAM]
    Three 20mm Phalanx CIWS mounts
    Eight .50 cal. machine guns
    Electronics
    AN/USG-2 Cooperative Engagement Capability (CEC)
    SSDS MK2
    Distributed Common Ground System (DCGS-N)
    AN/USQ-T46(V) BFTT
    IFF Interrogator System AN/UPX-29 (V)
    AN/SRC-55
    AN/TPX-42A(V)14
    AN/SPN-35C
    AN/WSN-7 RLGN
    AN/SPS-48 Radar
    AN/SPS-49 Radar
    AN/SPQ-9B Radar
    Propulsion
    Two General Electric "LM2500 plus" gas turbines engines, approximately 50 MW
    Two propellers, 70,000 total brake horsepower
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    Namesake
    Bougainville - The Bougainville campaign was a series of land and naval battles of the Pacific campaign of World War II between Allied forces and the Empire of Japan, named after the island of Bougainville. It was part of Operation Cartwheel, the Allied grand strategy in the South Pacific. (Wikipedia)
    Campaign - Marine Corps University - "The Battle of Bougainville"
    Photo - Landing craft circling off Cape Torokina awaiting landing orders, during the invasion of Cape Torokina, Bougainville, 1 November 1943. Photographed by PFC P. Scheer from a 20mm gun position on board USS American Legion (APA-17). The invasion beaches are in the background, being shelled, and there are planes over the beaches. The smoking volcano in the far center distance is Mount Bagana. U.S. Marine Corps photo USMC 67319
    Graphic - Initial Landing Cape Totokina, 1 November 1943 USMC Historical Monograph - "Bougainville and the Northern Solomons" by Major John N. Rentz, USMCR    		 Tommy Trampp
    Bougainville 52k Artist's rendering of USS Bougainville (LHA-8) Huntington Ingalls Industries' Ingalls Shipbuilding division is scheduled to begin construction in the fourth quarter of 2018, and delivery is expected in 2024. Bougainville will retain the aviation capability of the America-class design while adding a well deck capable of launching two landing craft air cushion hovercraft or one landing craft utility. Bougainville will have a larger flight deck configured for Joint Strike Fighter and Osprey V-22 aircraft.
    US Navy photo illustration # 160628-O-N0101-110 WASHINGTON (June 28, 2016). Courtesy of Huntington Ingalls Industries.    		 Lee Wahler
    Bougainville 266k This infographic shares the history of Bougainville, the namesake of the Navy's newest amphibious assault ship.
    US Navy graphic by Annalisa Underwood    		 US Naval History and Heritage Command
    Bougainville
    10070804    		 63k Ingalls Shipbuilding welder Cedric Harman welds Ship Sponsor Ellyn Dunford’s initials into a steel plate during the keel authentication ceremony of the future USS Bougainville (LHA-8) at Huntington Ingalls Industries Pascagoula. MS. shipyard 14 March 2019.
    U.S. Navy photo by Samantha Crane    		 Military.Com Daily News 2023/12/05
    Bougainville
    10070806    		 329k Christening of Bougainville (LHA-8) by Mrs. Ellyn S. Dunford at Huntington Ingalls Industries Pascagoula. MS. shipyard, 2 December 2023.
    U.S. Navy photo    		 Dale Hargrave
    USS Bougainville (LHA-8)
    There is no Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS) history entry for USS Bougainville (LHA-8) available at NavSource
    Commanding Officers
    PCOCAPT. Marsh, Harry Lee, USN 
    Courtesy Wolfgang Hechler
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log
    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
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