USS Mount Whitney (LCC-20)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/USS_Mount_Whitney_(LCC-20)

GPTKB entity

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Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	Royal Navy ship Blue Ridge-class command ship
gptkbp:aircraftCarried	2 × helicopters
gptkbp:armament	.50 caliber machine guns 2 × Phalanx CIWS 2 × 25 mm Mk 38 guns
gptkbp:assignee	gptkb:United_States_Sixth_Fleet
gptkbp:awards	gptkb:Meritorious_Unit_Commendation gptkb:National_Defense_Service_Medal gptkb:Navy_E_Ribbon gptkb:Humanitarian_Service_Medal gptkb:NATO_Medal gptkb:Sea_Service_Deployment_Ribbon gptkb:Navy_Unit_Commendation gptkb:Armed_Forces_Expeditionary_Medal
gptkbp:beam	108 feet
gptkbp:builder	gptkb:Newport_News_Shipbuilding
gptkbp:callsign	gptkb:NCCW
gptkbp:class	Blue Ridge-class command ship
gptkbp:commissioned	16 January 1971
gptkbp:countryOfOrigin	gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:crewComplement	150 officers 850 enlisted
gptkbp:displacement	18,400 tons (full load)
gptkbp:draught	29 feet
gptkbp:homeport	gptkb:Naval_Station_Norfolk
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	USS Mount Whitney (LCC-20)
gptkbp:hullNumber	gptkb:LCC-20
gptkbp:IMO_number	6123780
gptkbp:launched	8 January 1970
gptkbp:length	634 feet
gptkbp:location	gptkb:Mediterranean_Sea
gptkbp:MMSI_number	338808000
gptkbp:name	gptkb:USS_Mount_Whitney
gptkbp:namedAfter	gptkb:Mount_Whitney
gptkbp:notableEvent	Participated in Operation Enduring Freedom Participated in Operation Iraqi Freedom Flagship for U.S. Sixth Fleet Participated in Operation Allied Force Participated in Operation Joint Endeavor Served as flagship during Operation Odyssey Dawn
gptkbp:operator	gptkb:United_States_Navy
gptkbp:propulsion	steam turbines
gptkbp:role	gptkb:flag gptkb:ship
gptkbp:speed	23 knots
gptkbp:status	active
gptkbp:website	https://www.sixthfleet.navy.mil/ships/uss-mount-whitney-lcc-20
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Vice_Admiral_Craig_A._Clapperton gptkb:United_States_Navy_ships gptkb:Blue_Ridge-class_command_ship
gptkbp:bfsLayer	6