General Characteristics: Awarded: December 16, 1983
Keel laid: October 15, 1986
Launched: October 2, 1987
Commissioned: February 11, 1989
Builder: Ingalls Shipbuilding, West Bank, Pascagoula, Miss.
Propulsion system: four General Electric LM 2500 gas turbine engines
Propellers: two
Blades on each Propeller: five
Length: 567 feet (173 meters)
Beam: 55 feet (16.8 meters)
Draft: 34 feet (10.2 meters)
Displacement: approx. 9,600 tons full load
Speed: 30+ knots
Cost: about $1 billion

Taken while she was undergoing repairs at Dubai Dry Docks from the mine damage she received in the first Gulf war. She was in the million ton dwt. dock, and looked tiny tucked up into it's rear corner!