USS Green Bay (LPD-20)

USS *Green Bay* (LPD-20)
	USS Green Bay on 1 December 2008
History
United States
Name	Green Bay
Namesake	Green Bay
Ordered	30 May 2000
Builder	Northrop Grumman Ship Systems
Laid down	11 August 2003
Christened	15 July 2006
Launched	11 August 2006
Acquired	29 August 2008
Commissioned	24 January 2009
Homeport	San Diego
Identification	MMSI number: 369970636; Callsign: NGRB; ; Pennant number: LPD-20;
Motto	Statum Bello Invictus Maneo; (Stand and Fight, Remain Unvanquished);
Status	in active service
Badge
General characteristics
Class & type	San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock
Displacement	25,000 tons full
Length	208.5 m (684 ft 1 in) overall; 201.4 m (660 ft 9 in) waterline;
Beam	31.9 m (104 ft 8 in) extreme; 29.5 m (96 ft 9 in) waterline;
Draft	7.0 m (23 ft 0 in)
Propulsion	4 × Colt-Pielstick diesel engines; 2 × shafts, 40,000 hp (29,828 kW);
Speed	22 knots (41 km/h)
Boats & landing; craft carried	2 × Landing Craft Air Cushions; or 1 × Landing Craft Utility;
Capacity	700 (66 officers, 633 enlisted Marines); with a surge to 800 total.
Complement	28 officers, 332 enlisted sailors
Armament	2 × 30 mm Bushmaster II cannon; 2 × Rolling Airframe Missile launchers;
Aircraft carried	4 × CH-46 Sea Knight helicopters or 2 × MV-22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft may be launched or recovered simultaneously, with many more than this carried.

USS Green Bay (LPD-20) is a San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock. She is the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the city and bay of Green Bay, Wisconsin.

The contract to build her was awarded to Northrop Grumman Ship Systems of New Orleans, Louisiana, on 30 May 2000 and her keel was laid down on 11 August 2003. Green Bay was christened on 15 July 2006 and commissioned on 24 January 2009. Rose Magnus, the wife of Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps General Robert Magnus, served as the ship's sponsor. Green Bay is assigned to the U.S. Pacific Fleet, and her home port was Naval Base San Diego, until 2015 when she was forward deployed to United States Fleet Activities Sasebo in Sasebo, Nagasaki, Japan. This deployment ended in 2024.

The ship's name has resulted in a close connection to the people of Green Bay, Wisconsin, and their professional football team, the Green Bay Packers. The ship's flight deck is named "Lambeau Field" after the name of the Packers' stadium. Green Bay businesses and residents presented the ship with a truckload of Packerland memorabilia for her 2009 commissioning.

History
USS Green Bay on 1 December 2008
United States
Name	Green Bay
Namesake	Green Bay
Ordered	30 May 2000
Builder	Northrop Grumman Ship Systems
Laid down	11 August 2003
Christened	15 July 2006
Launched	11 August 2006
Acquired	29 August 2008
Commissioned	24 January 2009
Homeport	San Diego
Identification	MMSI number: 369970636 Callsign: NGRB Pennant number: LPD-20
Motto	Statum Bello Invictus Maneo (Stand and Fight, Remain Unvanquished)
Status	in active service
Badge
General characteristics
Class & type	San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock
Displacement	25,000 tons full
Length	208.5 m (684 ft 1 in) overall 201.4 m (660 ft 9 in) waterline
Beam	31.9 m (104 ft 8 in) extreme 29.5 m (96 ft 9 in) waterline
Draft	7.0 m (23 ft 0 in)
Propulsion	4 × Colt-Pielstick diesel engines 2 × shafts, 40,000 hp (29,828 kW)
Speed	22 knots (41 km/h)
Boats & landing craft carried	2 × Landing Craft Air Cushions or 1 × Landing Craft Utility
Capacity	700 (66 officers, 633 enlisted Marines); with a surge to 800 total.
Complement	28 officers, 332 enlisted sailors
Armament	2 × 30 mm Bushmaster II cannon 2 × Rolling Airframe Missile launchers
Aircraft carried	4 × CH-46 Sea Knight helicopters or 2 × MV-22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft may be launched or recovered simultaneously, with many more than this carried.