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USS Green Bay (LPD-20)

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Awarded:	15 May 2000
Fate:	Under construction
General Characteristics
Displacement:	24333 tons light, 24333 tons full
Length:	208.4 meters (684 feet) overall, 201.4 meters (661 feet) waterline
Beam:	32 meters (105 feet) extreme, 29.5 meters (97 feet) waterline
Draft:	7 meters (23 feet)
Complement:	32 officers, 364 men

USS Green Bay (LPD-20), a San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock, is the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the city in Wisconsin. The contract to build her was awarded to Northrop Grumman Ship Systems[?] of New Orleans, Louisiana on 15 May 2000, and her keel is scheduled to be laid down in the summer of 2003.

See USS Green Bay[?] for other ships of this name.

References This article contains information from the Naval Vessel Registry and various other US Navy Web sites.

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