Laid down: 4 August 1981
Launched: 10 June 1983
Commissioned: 9 February 1985
Homeport: NAB Little Creek, Virginia
Displacement: 11,471 tons (light)
16,360 tons (full)
Length: 190 m
Beam: 26 m
Draft: 6.4 m
Propulsion: 4 Colt Industries, 16-cylinder diesel engines, 2 shafts, 33,000 shp (25 MW)
Speed: 20+ knots (37+ km/h)
Boats & landing crafts: 4 LCACs or 21 LCM-6s
Complement: 22 officers, 391 enlisted
Armament:2 × 25 mm Mk 38 cannons
2 × 20 mm Phalanx CIWS mounts
2 × Rolling Airframe Missile
6 × .50 caliber M2HB machine guns