USS Mount Whitney

GPTKB entity

Statements (49)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf Royal Navy ship
Blue Ridge-class command ship
gptkbp:aircraftFacilities Helicopter landing platform
gptkbp:armament .50 caliber machine guns
2 × Phalanx CIWS
gptkbp:awards gptkb:Global_War_on_Terrorism_Expeditionary_Medal
gptkb:Meritorious_Unit_Commendation
gptkb:National_Defense_Service_Medal
gptkb:Navy_E_Ribbon
gptkb:NATO_Medal
gptkb:Sea_Service_Deployment_Ribbon
gptkb:Navy_Unit_Commendation
gptkb:Armed_Forces_Expeditionary_Medal
gptkb:Global_War_on_Terrorism_Service_Medal
gptkbp:beam 108 feet
gptkbp:builder gptkb:New_York_Naval_Shipyard
gptkbp:callsign NCCM
gptkbp:class Blue Ridge-class command ship
gptkbp:commanded Flagship of the United States Sixth Fleet
gptkbp:commissioned 16 January 1971
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:crewComplement approximately 850 (including embarked staff)
gptkbp:displacement 18,400 tons (full load)
gptkbp:draught 29 feet
gptkbp:fleetAssignment gptkb:United_States_Sixth_Fleet
gptkbp:homeport gptkb:Naval_Station_Norfolk
gptkb:Gaeta,_Italy
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label USS Mount Whitney
gptkbp:hullNumber gptkb:LCC-20
gptkbp:IMO_number 6123780
gptkbp:launched 8 January 1970
gptkbp:length 634 feet
gptkbp:MMSI_number 338808000
gptkbp:name gptkb:USS_Mount_Whitney
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:Mount_Whitney
gptkbp:nickname gptkb:Mount_Whitney
gptkbp:notableEvent Served as flagship during various NATO and U.S. operations
Participated in humanitarian missions
Participated in Operation Odyssey Dawn (Libya, 2011)
gptkbp:operator gptkb:United_States_Navy
gptkbp:pennantNumber gptkb:LCC-20
gptkbp:propulsion Steam turbines
gptkbp:role Command ship
gptkbp:speed 23 knots
gptkbp:sponsor gptkb:Mrs._Roger_W._Jones
gptkbp:status active
gptkbp:website https://www.sixthfleet.navy.mil/ships/uss-mount-whitney-lcc-20
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:USNS_Mount_Whitney
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5