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US Blue Ridge class



Command ship

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Command ship Blue Ridge class





  Specifications


1Close-In Weapon System CIWS Phalanx 20 mm





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Typical Max
Landing platform only. No hangar
US US Navy Sikorsky S-70 H-60 12









  Shipyards


US Newport News Shipbuilding - 1
US Philadelphia Naval Shipyard - League Island1



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1970--USUS NavyLCC-19USS Blue RidgeNQHS
1971--USUS NavyLCC-20USS Mount WhitneyNOGB




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  Events


1964-decOrderedOrdered US LCC-19 USS Blue Ridge
1966-augOrderedOrdered US LCC-20 USS Mount Whitney
1967-feb-27Laid downLaid down US LCC-19 USS Blue Ridge
1969-jan-04LaunchedLaunched US LCC-19 USS Blue Ridge
1970-nov-14CommissionedCommissioned US LCC-19 USS Blue Ridge
1971-jan-16CommissionedCommissioned US LCC-20 USS Mount Whitney
1973-may-26Port VisitPort Visit US LCC-20 USS Mount Whitney 26-29 May visit Malaga, Spain
1973-jun-16Port VisitPort Visit US LCC-20 USS Mount Whitney 16-19 June visit Cannes, France
1986-oct-04DeploymentDeployment US LCC-19 USS Blue Ridge Fleet Review: 75th anniversary of RAN Present at 75th anniversary of the RAN Fleet Review
1990-sep-01DeploymentDeployment US LCC-19 USS Blue Ridge Operation Desert Shield/Storm from Sep90 to Mar91
2000-marAircraftAircraft US LCC-19 USS Blue Ridge Persian Gulf for Operation Southern Watch with Sea King 152704
2002-mar-24Port VisitPort Visit US LCC-20 USS Mount Whitney 24-27 March visit Rotterdam, Netherlands. Embarked Sea King 148052 : 149899
2002-novDeploymentDeployment US LCC-20 USS Mount Whitney stood off Djibouti, as the Command Ship of the newly formed Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa until it moved ashore to Camp Lemonnier in May 2003.
2010-mar-15Port VisitPort Visit US LCC-20 USS Mount Whitney , France up to 19mar10
2010-may-28Port VisitPort Visit US LCC-20 USS Mount Whitney 28 - 30 May visit to Portsmouth, England
2010-jun-04Port VisitPort Visit US LCC-20 USS Mount Whitney 4 - 6 June visit to Gdynia, Poland
2010-jun-07 US LCC-20 USS Mount Whitney BALTOPS 10 participated with BALTOPS 10
2010-jun-18Port VisitPort Visit US LCC-20 USS Mount Whitney 18 - 21 June visit to Kiel, Germany to participate in Kieler Wocke.
2010-jun-24Port VisitPort Visit US LCC-20 USS Mount Whitney 24-27 June visit to Ventspils, Latvia MH-60S (Ghostrider 41) onboard 166322 as HSC-28 Det1
2010-jul-03Port VisitPort Visit US LCC-20 USS Mount Whitney 3+4 July participated with Fleet Days Zeebrugge Belgium. On board SH-60 166322.
2010-jul-08Port VisitPort Visit US LCC-20 USS Mount Whitney 8 - 11 July visit to Faslane, Scotland
2010-jul-17Port VisitPort Visit US LCC-20 USS Mount Whitney Based in HMNB Devonport for a week during Exercise FRUKUS 10, rehearsing Disaster Relief operations with Royal Navy, French and Russian Navies.
2010-aug-09Port VisitPort Visit US LCC-20 USS Mount Whitney 9-15 August visit and ship repair to Lisbon, Portugal. MH-60S (Ghostrider 41) 166322 underwent Phase B maintenance
2010-aug-25Port VisitPort Visit US LCC-20 USS Mount Whitney 25-28 August visit Amsterdam Netherlands
2010-sep-07Port VisitPort Visit US LCC-20 USS Mount Whitney 7-9 September visit to Rostock, Germany
2010-sep-11Port VisitPort Visit US LCC-20 USS Mount Whitney 11-14 September visit to Klaipeda, Lithuania
2011-marDeploymentDeployment US LCC-19 USS Blue Ridge Operation Tomodachi - Tohoku Earthquake Relief Contributed to Earthquake and Tsunami relief operations off Japanese east coast.
2011-mar-19DeploymentDeployment US LCC-20 USS Mount Whitney flagship for Operation Odyssey Dawn against Libya
2013-jul-15DeploymentDeployment US LCC-19 USS Blue Ridge Talisman Saber 2013 15jul13 embarked HSC-12 H-60 168534
2014-mar-12Port VisitPort Visit US LCC-19 USS Blue Ridge visit Hong Kong
2014-jun-06DeploymentDeployment US LCC-20 USS Mount Whitney BALTOPS 14 participated with BALTOPS 2014 embarked MH-60S 167898 HSC-28
2014-oct-23DeploymentDeployment US LCC-20 USS Mount Whitney joint operations with the Romanian Navy in the Black Sea.
2015-jul-07DeploymentDeployment US LCC-19 USS Blue Ridge Talisman Sabre 2015 participated in Exercise Talisman Sabre 15.
2015-octDeploymentDeployment US LCC-20 USS Mount Whitney Exercise Trident Juncture 2015 participated in multi-national NATO Maritime Command exercise, until Nov 2015
2019-febAircraftAircraft US LCC-19 USS Blue Ridge East China Sea with Coast Guard MH-65 6540
2019-jun-09DeploymentDeployment US LCC-20 USS Mount Whitney BALTOPS 19 embarked Expeditionary Strike Group 2 command team aboard, as flagship for the Exercise. HSC-28 Det 1 also embarked.
2020-jan-25AircraftAircraft US LCC-19 USS Blue Ridge MH-60S Seahawk 167832 accident 180km E off Okinawa, Japan
2020-feb-19Port VisitPort Visit US LCC-20 USS Mount Whitney La Valletta
2022-mar-05Port VisitPort Visit US LCC-20 USS Mount Whitney visiting Portland Harbour, in preparation for participation in Exercise Cold Response 22.









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