Keel Laid: February 14, 2004 
 Christened: August 19, 2006
 Commissioned: October 24, 2009

 Builder: Northrop Grumman Ship Systems, Ingalls Operations, Pascagoula, MS.
 Propulsion system: two LM2500+ gas turbines (35.000hp)
 Propellers: two
 Aircraft elevators: two
 Length: 844 feet 
 Flight Deck Width: 140 feet 
 Beam: 106 feet 
 Draft: 27.3 feet
 Displacement: approx. 41,335 tons full load
 Speed: 20+ knots
 Acommodations: Ship: 102 officers, 78 CPO, 1024 enlisted; 
                             Troops: 174 officers, 64 CPO, 1449 enlisted
 Armament: 
   - 2 Rolling Airframe Missile (RAM) launchers  
   - 2 NATO Sea Sparrow launchers          
   - 2 MK-15 20mm Phalanx CIWS
   - 3 MK-38 MOD 2 25mm Machine Gun System (MGS)   
   - 4 .50 cal. machine guns 
Homeport: San Diego, CA.