USS Bataan LHD5

USS Bataan LHD5 is a Wasp Class amphibious assault ship in the U.S. Navy. Seen here departing from Crete on a very grey day. The weather conditions were overcast with rain.
Displacement 40,500 long tons (41,150 t) full load
Length 843 ft (257 m)
Beam 104 ft (31.8 m)
Draft 27 ft (8.1 m)
Propulsion Two boilers, two geared steam turbines, two shafts, 70,000 shp (52,000 kW);
Speed 22 knots (41 km/h; 25 mph)
Range 9,500 nautical miles (17,600 km; 10,900 mi) at 18 kn (33 km/h; 21 mph)
Well deck dimensions: 266-by-50-foot (81 by 15.2 m) by 28-foot (8.5 m) high
Boats & landing
craft carried
3 Landing Craft Air Cushion or
2 Landing Craft Utility[1] or
12 Landing Craft Mechanized
Troops 1,687 troops (plus 184 surge) Marine Detachment
Complement 1,208
Sensors and
processing systems
1 AN/SPS-49 2-D Air Search Radar
1 AN/SPS-48 3-D Air Search Radar
1 AN/SPS-67 Surface Search Radar
1 Mk23 Target Acquisition System (TAS)
1 AN/SPN-43 Marshalling Air Traffic Control Radar
1 AN/SPN-35 Air Traffic Control Radar
1 AN/URN-25 TACAN system
1 AN/UPX-24 Identification Friend Foe
Armament
Two RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missile launchers
Two RIM-7 Sea Sparrow missile launchers
Two 20 mm Phalanx CIWS systems
Three 25 mm Mk 38 chain guns
Four .50 BMG machine guns
Aircraft carried
Actual mix depends on the mission
Standard Complement:
6 AV-8B Harrier II attack aircraft
or
6 F-35B Lightning II stealth strike-fighters
4 AH-1W AH-1Z Viper Super Cobra /Viper attack helicopter
12 MV-22B Osprey assault support tiltrotor
4 CH-53E Super Stallion heavy-lift helicopters
3-4 UH-1Y Venom utility helicopters

[@flyship]

1:20 Super Cool Video shooting angle

[@knuckleheadgarage8534]

I actually was with that ship when we Left crete. Of course I was on the Carter Hall (Lsd 50). The Bataan was my original ship before going to the carter hall to look after my LAV (USMC). Thank you for this video. This is awesome look from the shore's point of view.

[@alidavandenbergh-binnenvaart]

Wow, the first impression was that I had better hide somewhere!