USS Fort Fisher (LSD-40), San Francisco, California, Photo

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Code Number:: MYNV09P04_19
Title:: USS Fort Fisher (LSD-40), Anchorage Class Dock Landing Ship; Launched: 22/04/1972, at General Dynamics Corp., Quincy, MA.
Commissioned: USS Fort Fisher (LSD-40), 09/12/1972
Decommissioned: 27/02/1998
Struck from the Naval Register: 27/02/1998
Transferred: 28/02/1998, to MARAD, for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Suisun Bay, Benecia, California.
Final Disposition: scrapping contract awarded, 22/05/2009, to International Shipbreaking, Ltd, Brownsville Texas.

Displacement: 8,325 t.(lt), 14,095 t.(fl)
Length: 168.5 meters, (553')
Beam: 25.6 meters, (84')
Draft: 5.8 meters, (19')
Speed: 20+ kts.
Complement: 24 Officers, 300 Enlisted
Troop Capacity: 320
Boats: (Well Deck Capacity) 3 LCACs or 2 LCUs
Armament:
4x twin 3"/50 gun mounts (removed 1980)
2x Phalanx CIWS gun mounts
2x 25mm Bushmaster chain guns
Propulsion 2x 600psi boilers, two De Laval Steam Turbines; two shafts, 24,000 SHP
Keywords:: San Francisco, California, USA, City, Naval Hovercraft, Amphibious, air cushion vessel, LCAC, Landing Craft Air Cushion, USN, United States Navy, Helipad, Heliport, Landing Pad, Heli Pad, Heli Port, Flat Spot, Navy, Military, Armament, Killingry, Weaponry, warfare, Naval, Weapon, Maritime, History, Archives, Historic, Armed Force
Image by:: Wernher Krutein

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Code Number:: MYNV09P04_19
Title:: USS Fort Fisher (LSD-40), Anchorage Class Dock Landing Ship; Launched: 22/04/1972, at General Dynamics Corp., Quincy, MA.
Commissioned: USS Fort Fisher (LSD-40), 09/12/1972
Decommissioned: 27/02/1998
Struck from the Naval Register: 27/02/1998
Transferred: 28/02/1998, to MARAD, for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Suisun Bay, Benecia, California.
Final Disposition: scrapping contract awarded, 22/05/2009, to International Shipbreaking, Ltd, Brownsville Texas.

Displacement: 8,325 t.(lt), 14,095 t.(fl)
Length: 168.5 meters, (553')
Beam: 25.6 meters, (84')
Draft: 5.8 meters, (19')
Speed: 20+ kts.
Complement: 24 Officers, 300 Enlisted
Troop Capacity: 320
Boats: (Well Deck Capacity) 3 LCACs or 2 LCUs
Armament:
4x twin 3"/50 gun mounts (removed 1980)
2x Phalanx CIWS gun mounts
2x 25mm Bushmaster chain guns
Propulsion 2x 600psi boilers, two De Laval Steam Turbines; two shafts, 24,000 SHP
Keywords:: San Francisco, California, USA, City, Naval Hovercraft, Amphibious, air cushion vessel, LCAC, Landing Craft Air Cushion, USN, United States Navy, Helipad, Heliport, Landing Pad, Heli Pad, Heli Port, Flat Spot, Navy, Military, Armament, Killingry, Weaponry, warfare, Naval, Weapon, Maritime, History, Archives, Historic, Armed Force
Image by:: Wernher Krutein
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