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History
NameUSS Tripoli
Namesake"Shores of Tripoli"
Ordered31 May 2012
BuilderHuntington Ingalls Industries
StatusOrdered
General characteristics
Class and typeAmerica-class amphibious assault ship
Displacement45,000 tons
Length844 ft (257 m)
Beam106 ft (32 m)
PropulsionTwo gas turbines, two shafts, wiith 70,000 total brake horsepower, and two 5,000 hp (3,700 kW) auxiliary propulsion engines.
Speed20 knots or possibly more
Troops1,687 Marines
Complement65 officers, 994 enlisted men
Sensors and
processing systems
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AN/SPQ-9B fire control radar
AN/SPS-48E air search radar
Electronic warfare
& decoys
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AN/SLQ-32B(V)2
two Mk53 Nulka decoy launchers
Armamentlist error: <br /> list (help)
Two Rolling Airframe Missile launchers
two Evolved Sea Sparrow Missile launchers
two Phalanx CIWS systems
seven dual .50 caliber machine guns
Armornone
Aircraft carriedlist error: <br /> list (help)
F-35B Lightning II
MV-22B Osprey
CH-53E Super Stallions OR
Sikorsky CH-53K Super Stallion helicopters
UH-1Y Venom
AH-1Z Viper
SH-60 Seahawk LAMPS III

USS Tripoli (LHA-7) will be an America-class amphibious assault ship built at Huntington Ingalls Industries in Pascagoula, Mississippi. The United States Navy ordered the Tripoli on 31 May 2012 with a contract valued at $2.38 billion. [1] Tripoli is the third ship named for a line from the Marines' Hymn, "to the shores of Tripoli," a reference to the First Barbary War.

References

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  1. ^ The Associated Press (2012-05-31). "Mississippi shipyard gets $2.38 billion Navy contract to build amphibious assault ship". nola.com. Retrieved 2012-06-22.