U.S.S. Guadalcanal
LPH-7
1987
(Carlo Marquadt CM-P-1005)
- Class: Iwo Jima - 7 ships of 1958-66
- Displacement: 11,000 tons
- Dimensions: 556' (wl) x 602' (oa) x 84' x 26'
- Machinery: Steam turbine; 22,000 shp; 1 shaft = 22 knots
- Missiles: 2 8-cell Sea Sparrow BPDMS launchers Mk 25
- Guns: 4-3"/50 (2x2) AA Mk 33; 2-20mm Phalanx CIWS Mk 15
- Aircraft: 25 CH-46 Sea Knight and CH-53 Sea Stallion helicopters
- Complement: 685
- Troops: 2,000+
- Builder: Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, Philadelphia, PA
- Keel Laid: 1 Sep 1961
- Launched: 16 Mar 1962
- Commissioned: 20 Jul 1963
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