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{{Short description|US Navy amphibious transport ship}}
{{Other ships|USS Green Bay}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2020}}
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{{Infobox ship image
 | Ship image =  The Green Bay (LPD 20) near New Orleans.jpg
 | Ship caption =  USS ''Green Bay'' on 1 December 2008
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{{Infobox ship career
 |Ship country=United States
 | Ship flag =  {{USN flag}}
 | Ship name =   ''Green Bay''
 | Ship namesake = [[Green Bay, Wisconsin|Green Bay]]
 | Ship ordered =  30 May 2000
 | Ship builder =  [[Northrop Grumman Ship Systems]]
 | Ship laid down =  11 August 2003
 | Ship christened =  15 July 2006
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{{Infobox ship career
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 | Ship launched =  11 August 2006
 | Ship completed = 
 | Ship acquired = 29 August 2008
 | Ship commissioned = 24 January 2009
 | Ship homeport = [[Naval Base San Diego|San Diego]]
 | Ship decommissioned = 
 | Ship struck = 
 | Ship reinstated = 
 | Ship honors = 
 | Ship identification = *{{MMSI Number|369970636}}
*[[Maritime call sign|Callsign]]: NGRB
*{{ICS|November}}{{ICS|Golf}}{{ICS|Romeo}}{{ICS|Bravo}}
*[[Pennant number]]: LPD-20
 | Ship status={{Ship in active service}}
 | Ship motto =  *''Statum Bello Invictus Maneo''
*(Stand and Fight, Remain&nbsp;Unvanquished)
 | Ship notes = 
 | Ship badge = {{Dodseal|LPD-20|150}}
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 | Ship class =  {{sclass|San Antonio|amphibious transport dock}}
 | Ship displacement =  25,000&nbsp;tons [[full displacement|full]]
 | Ship length =* {{convert|208.5|m|ftin|abbr=on}} [[Length overall|overall]]
* {{convert|201.4|m|ftin|abbr=on}} [[Waterline length|waterline]]
 | Ship beam =* {{convert|31.9|m|ftin|abbr=on}} extreme
* {{convert|29.5|m|ftin|abbr=on}} [[waterline]]
 | Ship draft = {{convert|7.0|m|ftin|abbr=on}}
 | Ship propulsion = * 4 × [[Colt-Pielstick]] [[diesel engine]]s
* 2 × shafts, {{convert|40000|hp|abbr=on|0}}
 | Ship speed =  {{convert|22|kn|km/h|0|lk=in}}
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 | Ship complement =  28 officers, 332 enlisted sailors
 | Ship sensors = 
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 | Ship boats =* 2 × [[Landing Craft Air Cushion]]s
*or 1 × [[Landing Craft Utility]]
 | Ship capacity =  700 (66 officers, 633 enlisted Marines); with a surge to 800 total.
 | Ship armament =* 2 × 30&nbsp;mm [[Bushmaster II]] cannon
* 2 × [[Rolling Airframe Missile]] launchers
 | Ship aircraft =  4 × [[Boeing Vertol CH-46 Sea Knight|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.
 | Ship notes = 
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'''USS ''Green Bay'' (LPD-20)''' is a {{sclass|San Antonio|amphibious transport dock|3}}. 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 [[Keel laying|laid down]] on 11 August 2003. ''Green Bay'' was christened on 15 July 2006 and [[Ship commissioning|commissioned]] on 24 January 2009. Rose Magnus, the wife of Assistant [[Commandant of the United States Marine Corps|Commandant of the Marine Corps]] General [[Robert Magnus]], served as the [[Ship sponsor|ship's sponsor]]. ''Green Bay'' is assigned to the [[U.S. Pacific Fleet]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ci.green-bay.wi.us/USSGreenBay/events_commissioning.html |title=Commissioning |publisher=City of Green Bay |access-date=11 December 2018}}</ref> and her home port was [[Naval Base San Diego]],<ref>{{cite news |last=Liewer |first=Steve |title=Navy's New Dock Ship To Be Based in San Diego |work=[[San Diego Union-Tribune]] |date=24 January 2009}}</ref> until 2015 when she was forward deployed to [[United States Fleet Activities Sasebo]] in Sasebo, Nagasaki, Japan. This deployment ended in 2024.<ref name=merriman>{{cite web |url=http://www.public.navy.mil/surfor/lpd20/Pages/uss-green-bay-departs-for-forward-deployment-to-7th-fleet.aspx#.VQZo0YZHaK0 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150130065110/http://www.public.navy.mil/surfor/lpd20/Pages/uss-green-bay-departs-for-forward-deployment-to-7th-fleet.aspx#.VQZo0YZHaK0 |url-status=dead |archive-date=30 January 2015 |title=USS Green Bay Departs for Forward Deployment to 7th Fleet |last=Merriman |first=Elizabeth |publisher=US Navy |date=26 January 2015 |access-date=11 December 2018}}</ref>

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 [[Lambeau Field|Packers' stadium]]. Green Bay businesses and residents presented the ship with a truckload of Packerland memorabilia for her 2009 commissioning.<ref>{{cite news|title=USS Green Bay to get Taste of Namesake City|url=http://www.wsaw.com/home/headlines/37336274.html|access-date=17 July 2012|newspaper=[[WSAW-TV]]|date=9 January 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131202224235/http://www.wsaw.com/home/headlines/37336274.html|archive-date=2 December 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Cradler|first=Sheila|title=USS Green Bay personalized by symbols of namesake city|url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/greenbaypressgazette/access/1953554801.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Feb+01%2C+2010&author=Sheilah+Cradler&pub=Green+Bay+Press+Gazette&desc=USS+Green+Bay+personalized+by+symbols+of+namesake+city&pqatl=google|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130131172302/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/greenbaypressgazette/access/1953554801.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Feb+01,+2010&author=Sheilah+Cradler&pub=Green+Bay+Press+Gazette&desc=USS+Green+Bay+personalized+by+symbols+of+namesake+city&pqatl=google|url-status=dead|archive-date=31 January 2013|access-date=17 July 2012|newspaper=[[Green Bay Press-Gazette]]|date=1 February 2010}}</ref>

==AV-8B Harrier testing==
In 2009, [[VX-31|Air Test and Evaluation Squadron 31 (VX-31)]] and ''Green Bay'' tested the feasibility of using the ''San Antonio''-class LPDs for [[McDonnell Douglas AV-8B Harrier II|AV-8B Harrier IIs]] [[V/STOL]] attack aircraft in emergency situations. The AV-8Bs were used in numerous tests for the ''San Antonio''-class's aviation certification, as well testing the effect of exhaust heat on the flight deck.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.yumasun.com/articles/ship-54531-harriers-green.html |title=New ship: Harrier's emergency option? |access-date=24 November 2013 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20131123001853/http://www.yumasun.com/articles/ship-54531-harriers-green.html |archive-date=23 November 2013 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Service history==
The ship went on her first deployment in February 2011 with the three-ship {{USS|Boxer|LHD-4|2}} [[Amphibious ready group|Amphibious Ready Group]]. The group, comprising 4,000 sailors and Marines from the [[13th Marine Expeditionary Unit]], deployed for seven months to the United States [[United States Seventh Fleet|Fifth]] and [[United States Seventh Fleet|Seventh Fleet]] areas in the Asian region.<ref>{{cite web |last=Fuentes |first=Gidget |url=http://www.navytimes.com/news/2011/07/navy-green-bay-executive-officer-fired-071311w/ |title=Misconduct claims lead to Green Bay XO's firing |work=[[Military Times]] |date=13 July 2011}}</ref>

In March 2011, ''Green Bay'' was scheduled to assisted in [[Operation Tomodachi]], the relief efforts after the massive [[2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami]] struck Japan.<ref>{{cite news|last=Briand|first=Xavier|title=FACTBOX - U.S. Navy ships prepared for Japan earthquake relief|url=http://in.reuters.com/article/idINIndia-55514820110311|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306222114/http://in.reuters.com/article/idINIndia-55514820110311|url-status=dead|archive-date=6 March 2016|access-date=17 July 2012|work=[[Reuters]]|date=12 March 2011}}.</ref> She was instead rerouted into [[Operation Enduring Freedom]] areas and never made it to Japan.{{citation needed|date=January 2018}}

In May 2013, ''Green Bay'' returned from an eight-month deployment to the Middle East and Asia as part of the {{USS|Peleliu|LHA-5|2}} Amphibious Ready Group, along with the [[15th Marine Expeditionary Unit]].{{citation needed|date=March 2015}}

In January 2015, ''Green Bay'' was forward deployed to the 7th Fleet replacing {{USS|Denver|LPD-9|6}} in the {{USS|Bonhomme Richard |LHD-6|2}} Amphibious Ready Group homeported at [[United States Fleet Activities Sasebo]].<ref name=merriman />

On 5 August 2017, a U.S. Marine Corps [[Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey|MV-22 Osprey]] struck ''Green Bay'' after taking off from [[USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD-6)|USS ''Bonhomme Richard'']]. The aircraft then crashed in [[Shoalwater Bay]] on the east coast of Australia. 23 personnel were rescued, with three confirmed dead.<ref>{{cite news |author1=Ironside, Robyn |author2=Gordon, Krystal |author3=Vujkovic, Melanie |date=7 August 2017 |title=Osprey mishap: Second marine identified after US military aircraft crash |work=[[ABC News (Australia)|ABC News]] |location=Australia |url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-08-07/osprey-marines-crash-australian-assets-arrive-at-search-site/8779558 |access-date=7 August 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Schogol |first=Jeff |date=5 August 2017 |title=Three Marines missing after Osprey crashes off Australia |url=https://www.marinecorpstimes.com/news/2017/08/05/marine-osprey-crashes-off-australia/ |work=Marine Corps Times |access-date=7 August 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=3 U.S. Marines missing after heli-plane crashes off Australian coast |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/u-s-army-mv-22-osprey-heli-plane-crashes-australian-n789836 |work=NBC News |date=5 August 2017 |access-date=7 August 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=10 August 2017 |title=MV-22 struck flight deck before fatal crash |url=https://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/mv-22-struck-flight-deck-before-fatal-crash-440174/ |publisher=Flight Global |access-date=13 August 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=6 September 2017 |title=Osprey involved in fatal crash off Australia has been recovered |url=https://www.stripes.com/news/osprey-involved-in-fatal-crash-off-australia-has-been-recovered-1.486241#.WbNpDciGPIU |publisher=Stars and Stripes}}</ref>

In May 2022, ''Green Bay'' was a part of the {{USS|America|LHA-6|6}} Amphibious Ready Group in Sasebo.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.usni.org/2022/05/23/usni-news-fleet-and-marine-tracker-may-23-2022|title=USNI News Fleet and Marine Tracker: May 23, 2022|publisher=usni.org|date=23 May 2022|access-date=2 June 2022}}</ref>

On December 9, 2024, ''Green Bay'' was reassigned to San Diego for its new homeport. This shift complies with the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), requiring that U.S. Navy ships not be permanently forward deployed to Japan for more than 10 years.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.navy.mil/Press-Office/News-Stories/Article/3996164/the-uss-green-bay-arrives-in-san-diego-after-a-decade-in-japan/|title=The USS Green Bay Arrives in San Diego after a Decade in Japan: December 11, 2024|publisher=usni.org|date=11 December 2024|access-date=24 February 2025}}</ref>

== References ==
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This article contains information from the [[Naval Vessel Registry]] and various other U.S. Navy Web sites.

==External links==
{{Commons category|USS Green Bay (LPD-20)}}
* [http://www.public.navy.mil/surfor/lpd20 USS ''Green Bay'' official website]{{dead link|date=April 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}
* [http://www.defenselink.mil/releases/2006/nr20060713-13436.html Navy Press Release]

{{San Antonio class amphibious transport dock}}

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