Keel Laid: January 25, 1965
Launched: August 6, 1966
Commissioned: September 1, 1967
Decommissioned: June 30, 2011

Builder: Ingalls Shipbuilding, West Bank, Pascagoula, MS.
Propulsion system: two boilers, two steam turbines
Propellers: two 
Length, overall: 569 feet (173.4 meters)
Beam: 105 feet (32 meters)
Draft: 23 feet (7 meters) ballasted: 34 feet (10.4 meters)
Displacement: approx. 16.900 tons full load
Speed: 21 knots
Crew: 24 Officers, 396 Enlisted, Marine detachment ~900
Well deck capacity: one LCAC or one LCU or four LCM-8 
or nine LCM-6 or 24 amphibious assault vehicles (AAV)
Armament: 
 - 2 MK-15 MOD 2 Close-in-Weapons Systems (CIWS)
 - 2 MK-38 25mm guns
 - 8 .50 - calibre machine guns