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United States Ship BLUE RIDGE LCC - 19 West Pac III 1974 - 1975 The third deployment to the Western Pacific for USS BLUE RIDGE (LCC-19), Homeported in San Diego, California. ™ M 1
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s p i ;■ mw! MmmMwmm USS BLUE RIDGE ... her mission and history. United States Ship BLUE RIDGE is the first ship ever designed from the keel up as a Command and Control ship. Previous ships serving in this capacity have been converted from other uses. Designated LCC-1 9, she is the lead ship of her class. Her identical sister ship, LCC-20, USS Mount Whitney, operates in a role similar to BLUE RIDGE ' s, in the Atlantic area. BLUE RIDGE is the third Navy ship of her name. She derives her name from the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia. The first BLUE RIDGE was a Great Lakes passenger steamer purchased for use as a Navy transport during World War I. The second was an amphibious flagship that saw extensive action in the Pacific during World War II. Unlike her World War II predecessor which was converted from a merchant hull, the new BLUE RIDGE is a unique achievement in Naval design. Longer than two football fields (629 feet overall), she displaces 18,500 tons. She is 108 feet wide and settles some 27 feet into the water. BLUE RIDGE ' s job is Amphibious Force Control and Coordination. Amphibious warfare is probably the most complex form of war fought, and its effective control demands equally complex facilities. BLUE RIDGE utilizes a maze of computers and com- munications equipment to accomplish her assigned tasks. Indeed, she represents the accumulated knowledge gained in four decades of experience with this type of action. BLUE RIDGE was conceived as a budding plan in 1963. Four long years of planning preceeded her start of construction in the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard in 1967. On 4 January 1969, almost two years after her keel laying, she was launched. Over a year later, in mid February 1971, she was finished. BLUE RIDGE ' s modern design extends to more than her sophisticated electronics package. She is air conditioned throughout, has spacious galleys and messing areas, stores, recreation and training rooms, a weight lifting room and closed circuit radio and TV facilities.
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