Amphibious Transport Dock
LPD 20 - USS Green Bay
		USS Green Bay (LPD 20)
Type, Class:		Amphibious Transport Dock (LPD); San Antonio-class;
Builder:		Northrop Grumman Ship Systems, Avondale Operations, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
STATUS:		Awarded: May 30, 2000 Laid down: August 11, 2003 Launched: August 11, 2006 Commissioned: January 24, 2009 ACTIVE UNIT / in commission (Pacific Fleet)
Homeport:		Naval Base San Diego, California
Namesake:		named after and in honor of the City and Bay of Green Bay, Wisconsin
Ship's Motto:		STATUM BELLO INVICTUS MANEO ‘stand and fight – remain unvanquised’
Technical Data: (Measures, Propulsion, Armament, Aviation, etc.)		see: INFO >> Amphibious Transport Dock / San Antonio - class
LINKS:		Official US Navy site
ship images
USS Green Bay fires a Rolling Airframe Missile (RAM) – Pacific Ocean – September 29, 2009
Pearl Harbor, Hawaii – September 23, 2009
San Diego, California – January 20, 2009
San Diego, California – January 20, 2009
San Diego, California – January 20, 2009
Namesake & History:
Green Bay, Wisconsin:
Green Bay is a city in and the county seat of Brown County in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. The city is located at the head of its namesake Green Bay, a sub-basin of Lake Michigan, at the mouth of the Fox River. It has an elevation of 581 feet (177 m) above sea level and is located 112 miles (180 km) north of Milwaukee. As of the 2000 census Green Bay had a population of 102,313. Its 2006 estimated census was 100,353. The Town of Green Bay is located several miles northeast of the city. Green Bay is the principal city of the Green Bay Metropolitan Statistical Area, which covers Brown, Kewaunee, and Oconto Counties and had a combined population of 282,599 at the 2000 census. Green Bay is an industrial city with several meatpacking and paper plants, and a port on the Bay of Green Bay, an arm of Lake Michigan. It is home to the National Railroad Museum; the Neville Public Museum with exhibitions of art, history, and science; and the University of Wisconsin - Green Bay.
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