Keel Laid: April 18, 1995
 Christened: May 17, 1997
 Commissioned: August 15, 1998
 Decommissioned: April 15, 2021

 Builder: Ingalls Shipbuilding, West Bank, Pascagoula, Miss.
 Propulsion system: two boilers, two geared turbines
 Propellers: two
 Aircraft elevators: two
 Length: 840 feet (256 meters)
 Flight Deck Width: 140 feet (42.6 meters)
 Beam: 106 feet (32.3 meters)
 Draft: 26,5 feet (8,1 meters)
 Displacement: approx. 40,500 tons full load
 Speed: 23 knots
 Crew: Ship: 73 officers, 1009 enlisted; Marine Detachment: 1,894
 Armament: 
   - 2 Rolling Airframe Missile (RAM) launchers  
   - 2 NATO Sea Sparrow launchers          
   - 2 MK-15 20mm Phalanx CIWS
   - 3 MK-38 25mm Machine Gun System (MGS)   
   - 4 .50 cal. machine guns