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11 April 2026: Artemis II
General Characteristics:
Keel laid: 6 June 2012
Launched: 30 October 2014
Commissioned: 8 October 2016
Builder: Ingalls Shipbuilding, Pascagoula, MS
Propulsion system: 4 medium speed turbocharged marine diesels
Propellers: two
Length: 684 feet (208.5 meters)
Beam: 105 feet (32 meters)
Draft: 23 feet (7 meters)
Displacement: approx. 25,000 tons
Speed: 22 knots
Aircraft: 1 CH-53E, or 2 CH-46s, or 1 MV-22 Osprey, or 3 UH/AH-1s
Crew: approx. 444 as CVS: 33 officers and 411 enlisted
Armament: 1- MK 41 16 cell VLS, 2 MK 31 Mod 0 RAM Launchers, 2 MK 46 Mod 1 30mm machine guns, 2 MK 26 Mod 17 .59 cal machine guns
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