19 USS MESA VERDE

07 / 25,300 tons.She is a San Antonio Class Amphibious Transport Dock ( LPD ).

On July 10th she left Norfolk as part of the Bataan Amphibious Ready Group

on an 8 month deployment with Bataan and Carter Hill and headed for the Med.

Today she arrived in Plymouth.SD Faithful is the bow tug, SD Powerful portside

escort and SD Deborah starboardside escort.On her flightdeck are 3 Bell-Boeing

MV-22 Osprey Tilt Rotor aircraft.