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Originally Posted by Throttle Crazy

Stats. I think 40,000 horsepower should get the job done.
Ship Characteristics

Length: 684 feet (208.5 meters)

Beam: 105 feet (31.9 meters)

Displacement: 24,900 long ship tons

Speed: In excess of 22 knots (24.2 mph)

Aircraft: Four CH-46 Sea Knight helicopters or two MV-22 Osprey tilt rotor aircraft may be launched or recovered simultaneously. The ship's hangar can store 1-2 aircraft.

Armament: Two 30mm Close-in-Guns, for surface threat defense; two Rolling Airframe Missile launchers for air defense

Landing Craft: Two LCACs (air cushion) or one LCU (conventional)

EFVs: 14 Marine Corps Expeditionary Fighting Vehicles

Power plant: Four Colt-Pielstick diesel engines, two shafts, 40,000 Hp

Crew: 361 (28 officers, 333 enlisted)

Troops: 720 (66 officers, 654 enlisted); surge to 800

LPD 17 Class: San Antonio (LPD 17), New Orleans (LPD 18), Mesa Verde (LPD 19), Green Bay (LPD 20), New York (LPD 21), San Diego (LPD 22), Anchorage (LPD-23), Arlington (LPD-24), Somerset (LPD-25)

Motto: “Victory from the Sea”

I'll take two please.