Keel Laid: March 2, 1976
Launched: May 4, 1977
Commissioned: July 7, 1979

Builder: Lockheed Shipbuilding & Const Co., Seattle, WA.
Propulsion system: Steam Turbine, 1 Propeller
Length, overall: 646 feet (197 meters)
Beam: 85 feet (25.9 meters) 
Draft: 26 9" feet (8.8 meters)
Displacement: 22.978 tons full load
Speed: 20+ knots
Crew: 292 active-duty Navy and 160 civilian mariners
Armament: 
 -  2 40 mm grenade launchers
 - 2 .50 cal machine guns
 - 4 20mm cannons
Homeport: Diego Garcia, British Indian Ocean Teritory