US Navy's newest America-class amphibious assault ship returning to Naval Station San Diego.

Namesake: Battle of Derne
Awarded: 31 May 2012
Builder: Huntington Ingalls Industries
Laid down: 20 June 2014
Launched: 1 May 2017
Christened: 16 September 2017
Acquired: 28 February 2020
Commissioned: 15 July 2020

General characteristics
Class and type: America-class amphibious assault ship
Displacement: 44,971 long tons (45,693 t)
Length: 844 ft (257 m)
Beam: 106 ft (32 m)
Draft: 26 ft (7.9 m) (7.9 meters)
Propulsion: Two marine gas turbines, two shafts, 70,000 bhp (52,000 kW), two 5,000 hp (3,700 kW) auxiliary propulsion motors.
Speed: Over 22 knots (41 km/h; 25 mph)
Complement:
102 officers, 1,102 enlisted
1,687 marines (plus 184 surge)
Sensors and
processing systems:
AN/SPQ-9B fire control
AN/SPS-48E air search radar
Electronic warfare
& decoys:
AN/SLQ-32B(V)2
2 × Mk53 Nulka decoy launchers
Armament:
2× Rolling Airframe Missile launchers
2× Evolved Sea Sparrow Missile launchers
2× 20 mm Phalanx CIWS mounts
7× twin .50 BMG machine guns
Aircraft carried:
AV-8B Harrier II
MV-22B Osprey
F-35B Lightning II
CH-53K King Stallion
UH-1Y Venom
AH-1Z Viper
MH-60S Knighthawk