Keel Laid: November 9, 1987
Launched: May 6, 1989
Commissioned: June 1, 1991

Builder: Avondale Shipyards, New Orleans, LA.
Propulsion system: four Colt Industries 16 Cylinder Diesels
Propellers: two 
Length, overall: 610 feet (186 meters)
Beam: 84 feet (25.6 meters)
Draft: 21 feet (6.4 meters)
Displacement: approx. 16.000 tons full load
Speed: 22 knots
Crew: 20 Officers, 25 CPO, 302 Enlisted, 
Marine detachment ~400 +  ~100 surge
Well deck capacity: four LCAC or 21 LCM-6 (on deck: one 
LCM-6, two LCPL and one LCVP)
Armament: 
 - 2 MK 31 Mod 0 RAM Launcher
 - 2 MK 15 MOD 2 Close-in-Weapons Systems (CIWS)
 - 2 MK 38 MOD 2 25mm Machine Gun System (MGS)
 - 6 MK 26 Mod 17 .50 Cal Machine guns
Homeport: Sasebo, Japan