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U.S.S. MOUNT WHITNEY
(LCC-20)SUCCESS BEGINS WITH TEAMWORK
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USS MOUNT WHITNEY (LCC-20 ) - a Blue Ridge class command ship
In Commission 1971 to PresentLCC-20 Deployments - Major Events
| Add a LCC-20 Shellback Initiation | Add a LCC-20 Deployment - Major Event | ||||
| Month | Year | to | Month | Year | Deployment / Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JAN | 1969 | - | Keel Date: 8 JAN 1969 at Newport News Shipbuilding & Drydock Co. Newport News VA | ||
| JAN | 1970 | - | Launch Date: 8 JAN 1970 | ||
| JAN | 1971 | - | Commissioned: 16 JAN 1971 | ||
| JAN | 1971 | - | JAN | 1971 | Commissioning of the ship |
| JAN | 1971 | - | APR | 1971 | Guantanamo Bay |
| SEP | 1972 | - | SEP | 1972 | Strong Express Exercise - North Atlantic - Blue Nose |
| SEP | 1972 | - | Shellback Initiation - 10 SEP 1972 - Atlantic Ocean | ||
| MAY | 1973 | - | Shellback Initiation - 10 MAY 1973 - Atlantic Ocean | ||
| MAY | 1973 | - | JUN | 1973 | Mediterranean |
| SEP | 1973 | - | NOV | 1973 | Mediterranean |
| MAY | 1976 | - | JUN | 1976 | Caribbean |
| JUL | 1976 | - | JUL | 1976 | New York city bicenntinal |
| JUL | 1976 | - | DEC | 1976 | North Atlantic |
| SEP | 1976 | - | NOV | 1976 | North Atlantic |
| OCT | 1976 | - | NOV | 1976 | North Atlantic-Mediterranean |
| NOV | 1976 | - | NOV | 1976 | |
| JUN | 1977 | - | NOV | 1977 | North Atlantic |
| SEP | 1978 | - | NOV | 1978 | North Atlantic |
| JUN | 1979 | - | DEC | 1979 | Dry Dock |
| AUG | 1979 | - | NOV | 1979 | North Atlantic |
| JAN | 1980 | - | JAN | 2011 | Dry Dock |
| FEB | 1982 | - | OCT | 1982 | Blue Nose - Arctic Circle |
| MAR | 1983 | - | APR | 1983 | North Atlantic |
| MAR | 1983 | - | MAY | 1983 | North Atlantic |
| JAN | 1984 | - | APR | 1984 | North Atlantic |
| JAN | 1986 | - | JAN | 1986 | North Atlantic |
| FEB | 1992 | - | APR | 1992 | Blue Nose - Arctic Circle |
| MAR | 1992 | - | JUN | 1992 | North Atlantic |
| DEC | 1997 | - | AUG | 2003 | Mediterranean-West Africa |
| JAN | 1998 | - | JAN | 1998 | Caribbean |
| JAN | 2003 | - | AUG | 2003 | Mediterranean-West Africa |
LCC-20 General Specifications
Complement: 170 Officers and Enlisted
Displacement: 18400 tons
Length: 189 metres
Beam: 108.3 feet
Draft: 29.8 feet
USS MOUNT WHITNEY (LCC-20)
Mount Whitney (LCC‑20),
originally authorized as AGC‑20, was reclassified LCC‑20 on 1
January 1969, and laid down 6 January by Newport News Shipbuilding &
Drydock Co., Newport News, Va.; she is scheduled to launch in January 1970 and
to commission in December 1970.
As the second of a powerful and sophisticated
new type of amphibious command ship, she will provide integrated command and
control facilities for sea, air, and land commanders in amphibious operations
and while steaming with the fleet.
[Note: The above USS MOUNT WHITNEY (LCC-20) history may, or may not, contain text provided by crew members of the USS MOUNT WHITNEY (LCC-20), or by other non-crew members, and text from the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships]