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- Code Number:
- MYNV09P05_01.1705
- Title:
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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:
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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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