USS Portland (LPD-27)

USS Portland's sister ships USS San Antonio and USS New York.
History
Name:	USS Portland
Namesake:	Portland, Oregon
Awarded:	27 July 2012[1]
Builder:	Ingalls Shipbuilding[1]
Laid down:	2 August 2013[2]
Launched:	13 February 2016[1]
Sponsored by:	Bonnie Amos[2]
Acquired:	2017 (planned)
Status:	Under construction
General characteristics
Class and type:	San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock
Displacement:	25,000 tons full
Length:	208.5 m (684 ft) overall, 201.4 m (661 ft) waterline
Beam:	31.9 m (105 ft) extreme,   29.5 m (97 ft) waterline
Draft:	7 m (23 ft)
Propulsion:	Four Colt-Pielstick diesel engines, two shafts, 40,000 hp (30 MW)
Speed:	22 knots (41 km/h)
Boats & landing craft carried:	Two LCACs (air cushion) or one LCU (conventional)
Capacity:	699 (66 officers, 633 enlisted); surge to 800 total.
Complement:	28 officers, 333 enlisted
Armament:	Two 30 mm Bushmaster II cannons, for surface threat defense; two Rolling Airframe Missile launchers for air defense
Aircraft carried:	Four CH-46 Sea Knight helicopters or two MV-22 tilt rotor aircraft may be launched or recovered simultaneously.

USS Portland (LPD-27) will be the 11th San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship of the United States Navy. The vessel, launched 13 February 2016, is named in honor of the city of Portland, Oregon.

Portland's keel was laid down on 2 August 2013, at the Ingalls Shipbuilding yard in Pascagoula, Mississippi. The ship's sponsor is Bonnie Amos, wife of U.S. Marine Corps Commandant Gen. James Amos.^[2] The ship was launched on 13 February 2016.^[3]

References

1. "Portland (LPD 27)". Naval Vessel Register. Retrieved 25 July 2016.
2. Havens, April M. (2 August 2013). "First lady of Marine Corps authenticates LPD 27 keel at Ingalls Shipbuilding's Pascagoula yard". The Mississippi Press. Retrieved 4 August 2013.
3. Redden, Jim (16 February 2016). "USS Portland launched, local commissioning ceremony still sought". Portland Tribune. Retrieved 23 February 2016.

• This article includes information collected from the Naval Vessel Register, which, as a U.S. government publication, is in the public domain. The entry can be found here.