Preceded by:
Mount McKinley (1944)Succeeded by:
None | |
| Class | Blue Ridge |
| Type | Amphibious Command Ship |
| Year | 1970 |
| Crew | 720 |
| Dimensions | |
| Length | 189 m |
| Beam | 25 m - 32.9 m (d) |
| Draught | 8.2 m |
| Displacement | |
| Empty | 19,290 t |
| Loaded | ? |
| Performance | |
| Speed | 37 km/h |
| Range | 24,076 km @ 30 km/h |
| Machinery | |
| Shafts | 1 |
| Turbines | 1 x Geared steam 22,000 hp General Electric |
| Boilers | 2 x Foster Wheeler |
| Fuel | - |
| Armament | |
| Anti-Aircraft | |
| AA Weapons | RIM-7 (2 x 8) |
| Armor | |
| Armor | None |
| Sensors | |
| Radar | AN/SPS-40 AN/SPS-48 |
| Aircraft | |
| Helicopters | 2 |
| Production | |
| Built | 2 |
| Total | 2 |
| Ship | Code | Builder | Laid | Launch | Comm | Decomm | Fate | ||
|
Blue Ridge | LCC-19 | Philadelphia N Yd | 27/02/1967 | 04/01/1969 | 14/11/1970 | - | Active | |
|
Mount Whitney | LCC-20 | Newport News SB | 08/01/1969 | 08/01/1970 | 16/01/1971 | - | Active |
