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Portland stands out of the harbor at the Naval Amphibious Base Little Creek, Virginia, 2003 | |
History | |
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United States | |
Name | Portland |
Namesake | |
Ordered | 25 February 1966 |
Laid down | 5 May 1968 |
Launched | 20 December 1969 |
Commissioned | 3 October 1970 |
Decommissioned | 4 August 2003 |
Stricken | 8 March 2004 |
Nickname(s) | Sweet Pea |
Fate | Sunk as a target, 25 April 2004 |
General characteristics | |
Displacement | 14,181 long tons (14,409 t) |
Length | 553 ft (169 m) |
Beam | 84 ft (26 m) |
Draft | 20 ft (6.1 m) |
Propulsion | 2 shafts; 2 turbines; two 600 psi (4.1 MPa) boilers |
Speed | 22 knots |
Complement | 26 officers and 396 enlisted |
Armament |
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