Whidbey Island class dock landing ship
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| Class overview | |
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| Builders: | Lockheed Shipbuilding and Construction Company |
| Operators: |  United States Navy |
| Preceded by: | Anchorage class |
| Succeeded by: | Harpers Ferry class |
| In commission: | 9 February 1985 |
| Completed: | 8 |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 15,939 tons |
| Length: | 609 ft (186 m) |
| Beam: | 84 ft (26 m) |
| Draft: | 19 ft 6 in (5.0 m) |
| Propulsion: | 4 Colt Industries, 16-cylinder diesel engines, 2 shafts, 33,000 shp (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 1 / 2 × Rolling Airframe Missile 6 × .50 caliber M2HB machine guns |
| Aviation facilities: | Large helicopter platform aft, no hangar |
The Whidbey Island class dock landing ship is a dock landing ship of the United States Navy. Introduced to fleet service in 1985, this class of ship features a massive well deck for the transport of four landing craft air cushion hovercraft for landing Marines.
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[edit] Ships
| Ship | Hull No. | Builder | Commissioned | Home Port | NVR Page |
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| Whidbey Island | LSD-41 | Lockheed, Seattle | 1985 | Little Creek, Virginia | LSD41 |
| Germantown | LSD-42 | Avondale, New Orleans | 1986 | San Diego, California | LSD42 |
| Fort McHenry | LSD-43 | Lockheed, Seattle | 1987 | Little Creek, Virginia | LSD43 |
| Gunston Hall | LSD-44 | Avondale, New Orleans | 1989 | Little Creek, Virginia | LSD44 |
| Comstock | LSD-45 | Avondale, New Orleans | 1990 | San Diego, California | LSD45 |
| Tortuga | LSD-46 | Avondale, New Orleans | 1990 | Little Creek, Virginia | LSD46 |
| Rushmore | LSD-47 | Avondale, New Orleans | 1991 | San Diego, California | LSD47 |
| Ashland | LSD-48 | Avondale, New Orleans | 1992 | Little Creek, Virginia | LSD48 |
[edit] See also
[edit] Sources
- US Navy Type Information
- Hutchinson, R. (ed.) (2002) Jane's Warship Recognition Guide, London : HarperCollins, ISBN 0-00-713722-2
- This article includes information collected from the Naval Vessel Register, which, as a U.S. government publication, is in the public domain. The entry can be found here.
[edit] External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to:
- Federation of American Scientists (FAS): LSD-41 Whidbey Island class
- GlobalSecurity.org: LSD-41 Whidbey Island class
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