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Keel Laid: January 19, 2006
Christened: October 4, 2008
Commissioned: January 16, 2010
Decommissioned: July 31, 2021

Builder: Austal USA, Mobile, AL.
Propulsion system: 2 Gas Turbines, 2 Diesel Engines, 
4 Steerable Waterjets, 1 Steerable Thruster
Length, overall: 127.1 meters
Beam: 30.4 meters
Draft: 4.5 meters
Displacement: 2800 tons 
Speed: 40+ knots
Crew: 70 crew members
Aviation: two MH-60R/S or one MH-60R/S and VTUAV's
Armament: 
 - 1 MK 110 Mod 0 57mm Gun system 
 - 4 .50 Cal Machine guns