| History | |
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| Name: | USS Makin Island |
| Namesake: | Makin Island |
| Awarded: | 19 April 2002[1] |
| Builder: | Ingalls Shipbuilding[1] |
| Laid down: | 14 February 2004[1] |
| Sponsored by: | Mrs. Silke Hagee, wife of Michael Hagee |
| Christened: | 19 August 2006 |
| Launched: | 22 September 2006[1] |
| Acquired: | 16 April 2009[2] |
| Commissioned: | 24 October 2009[3] |
| Homeport: | San Diego, California[3] |
| Motto: | Gung Ho |
| Status: | in active service, as of 2015 |
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| General characteristics | |
| Class & type: | Wasp-class amphibious assault ship |
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| Installed power: | 2 × 35,000 shaft horsepower (26,000 kW) gas turbines (GE - LM 2500+) 2 x 5,000 shp (3,700 kW) electric motors 6 × 4,000 kW diesel generators (Fairbanks Morse Engines) |
| Propulsion: | Hybrid electric propulsion driving two shafts 70,000 shaft horsepower (52,000 kW), 2 × 16.5 ft (5.0 m) diameter controllable pitch propellers (Rolls Royce) |
| Speed: | 25 kn (46 km/h; 29 mph) |
| Range: | 9,500 nautical miles (17,600 km; 10,900 mi) at 20 kn (37 km/h; 23 mph) |
| Boats & landing craft carried: | 3 × LCAC or 39 EFVs |
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