USS Mount Whitney (LCC-20)

History of the USS Whitney (LCC-20)

The Blue Ridge-class command group was established in the late 1960s during the Cold War and later included USS Blue Ridge (LCC-19) and USS Mount Whitney (LCC-20). The class is still in service today, with continuous upgrades to the latest CC2 (command and control) systems, as well as secure information collection and communication systems, making it a prime post for naval operations (peacetime and naval operations) commanders.

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The aircraft carrier USS Whitney was ordered on August 10, 1966 and laid down on January 8, 1969. She was launched on January 8, 1970, and officially commissioned on January 16, 1971.

She is committed to NATO operations in Europe and across Europe, with her home port in Gaeta, Italy, active duty today (2017). USS Blue Ridge (LCC-19) is located in Yokosuka, Japan.

Mount Whitney displaces 18,400 tons under load, has an overall length of 620 feet, a beam of 108 feet, and a draught of up to 29.7 feet. Her propulsion scheme is conventional, with two boilers feeding a single-gear turbine that drives a single shaft.

The ship's crew consisted of 170 officers and soldiers, with an additional 155 civilian seafarers from the Military Sealift Command. Up to 930 people can be transported.

The weapon is purely for self-defense, spearheaded by a 2 x 25mm Bushmaster autocannon. This is supported by the 2 x 20mm Phalanx Close-In Weapon System (CIWS). For extreme close-range defense, the ship is armed with up to four 0.50 caliber Browning M2 heavy machine guns.

The Mark 36 SRBOC ("Super Rapid Flower Off-Board Countermeasures and Decoy Launch System") unit is designed to fire rocket-launched chaff to confuse incoming enemy missiles.

The shape of this warship is unique because the deck line is uninterrupted along the entire length of the ship (from bow to stern). Midship is the bridge superstructure that contains the exposed mast works as well as radar and communications gear.

Above the stern is a secondary plate side mast structure covered by a dome. Above the actual tail is the landing zone for a medium Navy helicopter - the standard today (2017) is a Sikorsky MH-60S Knight Eagle (detailed elsewhere on this page).

The USS Mount Whitney has been involved in several high-profile operations to date: the 1994-1995 intervention in Haiti through Operation Safeguarding Democracy, the Central Command invasion of Afghanistan as part of the War on Terror (November 2002 early January), humanitarian aid during the Russo-Georgian war in 2008, and UN aid in the Libyan civil war. In February 2013, she entered an overhaul period and returned to service in April. In 2014, she participated in the Sochi Olympics hosted by Russia as a member of the U.S.

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