Alan Hinkel Photography--Mississippi Gulf Coast : photos : Marine Military and Civilian Ships : "The Last LHD" USS Makin Island LHD 8 being built at Northrop Grumman Ship Systems Pascagoula MS.It is 844 feet long and has a 106 foot beam DWL,118 foot beam at the Flight Deck.It is powered by two 35,000 Bhp G.E. gas turbines,two 5,000 Bhp variable speed AC electric motors,two 16.5 ft diameter controllable pitch props built by Rolls Royce.The draft is 27.3 feet ,and it has a top speed of 20 knots.It has 6 4,000 Kw diesel generators.The crew consists of 65 officers,994 enlisted,and a Marine detachment of 1,687 troops plus 184 surge.The LHD 8 will be the last LHD-1 Wasp-class Ships,all built at Northrop Grumman Ship Systems Ingalls Operation in Pascagoula,Ms.,but the first to have gas turbine engines,and electric drive.It has 6 Operating Rooms,17 ICU beds,and 47 Bed Ward.All for around 1.8 Billion Dollars.It will be Commisioned in April 2009 in San Diego,Ca.- powered by SmugMug

This gallery contains pictures of the First and Second Legends Class Deep Water National Security Cutters.The ships bear the numbers WMSL(Legends Class Maritime Security Cutter,Large)- 750 and-751, and the names Bertholf after the first Commandant of the United States Coast Guard,and Waesche,the First Four Star Admiral of the U.S. Coast Guard.The ships are 418 ft.long and are the First Two of Eight being built at Northrop Grumman Pascagoula Shipbuilding,replacing the 378 foot Hamilton Class Endurance Cutters.,The DDG-105 Destroyer USS Dewey,The LHD-8 USS Makin Island,The LPD-19 USS Mesa Verde Amphibious Transport Dock,The DDG-103 USS Truxtun,Trent Lott,and a Bald Eagle.Photo's courtesy of Alan Hinkel Photography.Pascagoula,Mississippi.

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"The Last LHD" USS Makin Island LHD 8 being built at Northrop Grumman Ship Systems Pascagoula MS.It is 844 feet long and has a 106 foot beam DWL,118 foot beam at the Flight Deck.It is powered by two 35,000 Bhp G.E. gas turbines,two 5,000 Bhp variable speed AC electric motors,two 16.5 ft diameter controllable pitch props built by Rolls Royce.The draft is 27.3 feet ,and it has a top speed of 20 knots.It has 6 4,000 Kw diesel generators.The crew consists of 65 officers,994 enlisted,and a Marine detachment of 1,687 troops plus 184 surge.The LHD 8 will be the last LHD-1 Wasp-class Ships,all built at Northrop Grumman Ship Systems Ingalls Operation in Pascagoula,Ms.,but the first to have gas turbine engines,and electric drive.It has 6 Operating Rooms,17 ICU beds,and 47 Bed Ward.All for around 1.8 Billion Dollars.It will be Commisioned in April 2009 in San Diego,Ca.