USS Mount Whitney
command ship
Current position
No live position received yet. Identity and particulars below.
Identity & particulars
- Name
- USS Mount Whitney
- IMO number
- 6191045
- MMSI
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- Call sign
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- Flag
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- Vessel type
- command ship
- Gross tonnage
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- Deadweight (DWT)
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- Length overall
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- Beam
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- Year built
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- Builder
- Newport News Shipbuilding
- Registered owner
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- Operator
- United States Navy
Particulars are enriched from public sources as they become available. Position & identity are derived live from AIS.
About USS Mount Whitney
USS Mount Whitney (LCC/JCC 20) is one of two Blue Ridge-class amphibious command ships of the United States Navy and is the flagship and command ship of the United States Sixth Fleet. USS Mount Whitney also serves as the Afloat Command Platform (ACP) of Naval Striking and Support Forces NATO (STRIKFORNATO). The ship had previously served for years as the COMSTRIKFLTLANT(NATO Designation) / US Second Fleet's command ship. She is one of only a few commissioned ships to be assigned to Military Sealift Command. Mount Whitney was classified as LCC-20 on 1 January 1969, and her keel was laid down on 8 January by Newport News Shipbuilding & Drydock Company, Newport News, Virginia. At the time of her commissioning, Mount Whitney joined her sister ship Blue Ridge as having the distinction of carrying the world's most sophisticated electronics suites.
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is USS Mount Whitney now?
- USS Mount Whitney has not transmitted a live position recently. Its identity and particulars are kept on this page, and its position will appear here the moment it is detected on AIS again.
- What kind of ship is USS Mount Whitney?
- USS Mount Whitney is a command ship.
- Who owns USS Mount Whitney?
- USS Mount Whitney is operated by United States Navy. Ownership data is compiled from public registries and shown free on Seadar.
- Has USS Mount Whitney been detained or sanctioned?
- No detentions or sanctions for USS Mount Whitney appear in the public sources Seadar tracks (USCG PSIX inspections and the OFAC SDN list).