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LHD-5 USS Bataan

US US Navy





IMO: 4681644
MMSI: 368958000
Flight Deck: 5
Call Sign: NBAT
Shipyard: Ingalls Shipbuilding





  Events


History of US USS Bataan LHD-5

1991-dec-20OrderedOrdered
1994-jun-22Laid downLaid down
1996-mar-15LaunchedLaunched
1997-sep-20CommissionedCommissioned
1999-sep-14Port VisitPort Visit NS Norfolk 14 Sep 1999 visiting NS Nofolk, VA.with 7 CH-46Es embarked (3 unidentified).
2001-octDeploymentDeployment Arabian Sea Enduring Freedom Launched CH-63Es from HMM-264 carrying US Marines from Task Force 58 in their assault on Rhino.
2005-may-17NEWSUSNAS Patuxent River AH-1Z/UH-1Y complete first sea trials
2005-aug-30DeploymentDeployment embarked 4 MH-53 from HM-15 to supplement an HSC-28 detachment already on board and procced to assist with Hurricane Katrina victims, off New Orleans
2007-sep-04AircraftAircraft First CV-22 Osprey trials by USAF 8th SOS
2007-sep-04NEWS 8th SOS CV-22 on USS Bataan
2010-jan-18DeploymentDeployment HT Port au Prince Operation Panlake Diverted with its embarked V-22 and 22 MEU to Haiti for Earthquake relief effort (arrived 18 Jan) as part of US Operation Unified Response, with USS Nassau.
2020-mar-12DeploymentDeployment Arabian Sea with 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit, part of U.S. 5th Fleet
2023-oct-11DeploymentDeployment Bataan ARG USS Bataan Amphibious Ready Group (including USS Carter Hall) heading from Bahrain towards Arabian Sea, as contingency for Palestinian-Israeli crisis.



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  Specifications


Wasp class
1080crew
1900troops
41180full load (tn)
257.20length (m)
33.50beam (m)
9.10draught (m)
22max speed (knots)
70000power (shp)

2Naval Engine steam turbines

2Missile Launcher Mk 49 21-cell RAM
2Missile Launcher Mk 29 8-cell Sea Sparrow

3Naval Gun Mark 38 25 mm
3Close-In Weapon System CIWS Phalanx 20 mm

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US USMC Bell UH-1N 20
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US USMC Bell 209 AH-1 Cobra 40
US USMC Bell UH-1Y Venom 02



  Builder


US Ingalls Shipbuilding,




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