Blue Ridge vs Mistral
Blue Ridge vs Mistral at a glance — displacement 19,176 vs 21,500 tons, length 193 vs 199 m, speed 23 vs 19 knots, crew 598 vs 160.
Specifications
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Blue Ridge |
Mistral |
| Origin |
🇺🇸 United States |
🇫🇷 France |
| Category |
Amphibious vessel |
Amphibious vessel |
| Type |
Amphibious command and control ship |
Landing helicopter dock |
| Manufacturer |
Philadelphia Naval Shipyard |
DCNS |
| Year introduced |
1970 |
2005 |
| Number built |
2 units |
5 units |
| Estimated unit price |
NA |
$477 million |
| Displacement |
19,176 tons |
21,500 tons |
| Maximum speed |
23.0 knots |
19.0 knots |
| Range |
13,000 nm at 16 knots |
10,700 nm at 15 knots |
| Length |
193.0 m |
199.0 m |
| Beam |
33.0 m |
32.0 m |
| Crew |
598 |
160 |
Armament & Systems
|
Blue Ridge |
Mistral |
| Armament |
- 2 × Phalanx CIWS
- 2 × Mark 38 25 mm machine gun system
- 2 × twin Mark 33 3"/50 caliber guns (removed)
- 2 × Mark 25 launchers (removed)
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- 2 × Simbad missile systems
- 2 x 20 mm modèle F2 gun
- 2 × 30 mm Breda-Mauser
- 2 x 7.62mm M134 miniguns
- 4 × 12.7 mm M2HB Browning machine guns
|
| Propulsion |
Two boilers, one geared turbine, one shaft; 22,000 hp (16,000 kW) |
2 Rolls-Royce Mermaid azimuth thrusters (2 × 7 MW), 2 five-bladed propellers powered by 3 Wärtsilä diesel-alternators 16 V32 (6.2 MW) and 1 Wärtsilä Vasa auxiliary diesel-alternator 18V200 (3 MW) |
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Which has greater displacement, the Blue Ridge-class or Mistral-class?
The Mistral-class has greater displacement at 21,500 tons compared to the Blue Ridge-class's 19,176 tons.
Which is faster, the Blue Ridge-class or Mistral-class?
The Blue Ridge-class is faster with a maximum speed of 23 knots compared to the Mistral-class's 19 knots.
Which has longer range, the Blue Ridge-class or Mistral-class?
The Blue Ridge-class has a longer range at 13,000 nautical miles compared to the Mistral-class's 10,700 nautical miles.
Which is longer, the Blue Ridge-class or Mistral-class?
The Mistral-class is longer at 199.0 meters compared to the Blue Ridge-class's 193.0 meters.
How many crew members do the Blue Ridge-class and Mistral-class have?
The Blue Ridge-class has a larger crew complement of 598 compared to the Mistral-class's 160 crew members.
Which has been built in greater numbers, the Blue Ridge-class or Mistral-class?
The Mistral-class has been built in greater numbers with 5 vessels compared to 2 vessels of the Blue Ridge-class.