Blue Ridge-class command ship vs BPS-500 missile boat

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Blue Ridge-class command ship — licensed reference photograph

AWarships

Blue Ridge-class command ship

Credit

Paul Farley · Public domain · Resized · Public domain · Source ↗ · Modified

BWarships

BPS-500 missile boat

Guided-missile corvette

First system

Second system

At a glance

Side by side

Length comparisonOne shared metre scale

Blue Ridge-class command shipLength

193 m

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BPS-500 missile boatLength

62 m

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Lengths retain their source configuration and measurement scope.

Blue Ridge-class command shiplarger figure on 2 of 3

Length+211%
Beam+200%

BPS-500 missile boatlarger figure on 1 of 3

Speed+37%

Counts only measures both sources give with the same scope. A larger figure is not a better system.

Measured figures

Head to head

14 of 29 rows sourced on both sides

193m

62m

Length+211%

All recorded figures & sources

193 m

Length

Single source

634 ft (193 m)^[source]

62 m

Length

Single source

Configuration

Details

Blue Ridge-class command ship and BPS-500 missile boat configuration
Specification	Blue Ridge-class command ship	BPS-500 missile boat
Power	Two boilers, one geared turbine, one shaft; 22,000 hp (16,000 kW)^[source]	2 × MTU diesel engine for 19,600 bhp (14,600 kW); 2 x Kamewa pump-jets^[source]
Name	Blue Ridge Class^[source]	BPS-500 class^[source]
Builders	Philadelphia Naval Shipyard - LCC 19 Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Co. - LCC 20^[source]	—
Operators	United States Navy^[source]	Vietnam People's Navy^[source]

In commission	1970 - Present^[source]	2001–present^[source]

Planned	3^[source]	4^[source]

Completed	2^[source]	1^[source]

Canceled	1^[source]	—

Active	2^[source]	1^[source]

Armament	2 × Phalanx CIWS 2 × Mark 38 25 mm machine gun system^[source]	1 x AK-176 76 mm gun 1 x AK-630 30 mm CIWS 2 x 12.7 mm machine guns Anti-ship missiles 8 x Kh-35 Uran anti-ship missiles ( Ship 381 ) 8 x VCM-01 anti-ship missiles (from A2 onward) 1 x 9K38 Igla MANPADS^[source]