:::: Modern Warships - UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
CHARLESTON
Code - N698A
£1.35
Class - 5
Date - 1968
Type - LKA
Description - U.S.S. CHARLESTON N698A
Amphibious Cargo Ship (LKA) completed 1988.
Sisters Durham, Mobile, St. Louis & El Paso.
Displacement 10,000 tons light
20,700 tons full load
Dimensions 575’ x 62’ x 25’
Armament 6 x 3”
2 x Vulcan Phalanx
Speed 30 knots
Are able to carry up to 360 troops
and 9 L.C.M.’s
