Harpers Ferry class dock landing ship
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| Class overview | |
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| Builders: | Avondale Shipyard |
| Operators: |  United States Navy |
| Preceded by: | Whidbey Island-class LSD |
| Succeeded by: | N/A, latest dock landing ship authorized |
| In commission: | 7 January 1995 |
| Completed: | 4 |
| Active: | USS Harpers Ferry (LSD-49), USS Carter Hall (LSD-50), USS Oak Hill (LSD-51), USS Pearl Harbor (LSD-52) |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 16,708 tons |
| Length: | 609 ft (186 m) |
| Beam: | 84 ft (26 m) |
| Draft: | 21 ft (6.4 m) |
| Propulsion: | Four Colt Industries, 16-cylinder diesels, two shafts, 33,000 shaft horsepower (25 MW) |
| Speed: | 20+ knots (37 km/h) |
| Complement: | 22 officers, 391 enlisted |
| Armament: | 2 × 25 mm Mk 38 cannons 2 × 20 mm Phalanx CIWS mounts 2 × RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missile (RAM) launchers 6 × .50 caliber M2HB machine guns |
The Harpers Ferry class of the United States Navy is a class of dock landing ships completed in the early 1990s. Modified from the Whidbey Island class, it loses landing craft capacity for more cargo space, making it closer to an amphibious transport dock type, but was not designated as such. Externally, the two classes can be told apart by the order of weapons. The Harper's Ferry type has the Phalanx CIWS mounted forward, and the RAM launcher on top of the bridge, while the Whidbey Island has the other arrangement.
[edit] Sources
- US Navy Type Information
- Hutchinson, R. (2002) Jane's Warship Recognition Guide HaperCollins: London, New York.
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