USS BLUE RIDGE ( LCC 19 )
Alongside Cairns , 19/4/25 .
Name Blue Ridge
Namesake Blue Ridge Mountains
Ordered 31 December 1964
Builder Philadelphia Naval Shipyard
Laid down February 1967
Launched 4 January 1969
Sponsored by Mrs. Gretchen Thompson-Byrd
Commissioned 14 November 1970[1]
Homeport Yokosuka, Japan
Identification LCC-19
Motto Finest in the Fleet
Status In active service
General characteristics
Class and type Blue Ridge-class command ship
Displacement 19,609 tons
Length 634 ft (193.2 m)[2]
Beam 108 ft (32.9 m)
Draft 28.9 ft (8.8 m)
Propulsion 2 boilers, 1 geared turbine
Speed 23 knots (43 km/h)
Range 10,000 nmi (18,520 km)
Complement
Crew: 52 officers, 790 enlisted
With command staff: 268 officers, 1,173 enlisted
Armament
2 × Phalanx CIWS
2 × 25 mm Bushmaster cannons
8 × .50 cal (12.7 mm) M2 Browning machine guns
Mark 36 SRBOC chaff rockets
Aircraft carried
2 × Sikorsky SH-60 Seahawk helicopters
Aviation facilities
Flight deck
* Thanks Ian Butler for taking me in to see it and take a couple of pics.
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Todays featured vessel
BEACON ( now CAWARA )
Photographed in Cairns , 2014 .
Where is the ship?
CARAWA is currently located in the Great Australian Bight (reported 2 days, 21 hours ago) .
What kind of ship is this?
CARAWA (IMO: 8704121) is a Tug and is sailing under the flag of Australia. Her length overall (LOA) is 23.88 meters and her width is 8 meters.
General
Name CARAWA
Flag Australia
IMO 8704121
MMSI 503037370
Call sign VLW2565
AIS transponder class Class B
General vessel type Tug
Detailed vessel type Tug
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