Dock landing ship USS Fort McHenry (LSD-43)
Basic information
Namesake:
Fort McHenry is a historical American coastal pentagonal bastion fort located in the Locust Point neighborhood of Baltimore, Maryland.
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MMSI number:
368802000
Ship measurements
Displacement:
16,500 t
Length:
190 m
Beam (waterline):
26 m
Draft:
6.4 m
Machine
Propulsion:
- 4 * Colt Industries, 16-cylinder diesel engines
- 2 * shafts
- 33,000 shp (25 MW)
Speed:
20 knots
Personnel
Complement:
413
Embarked units:
504
Combat assets
Boats & landing craft:
In dock:
- 4 * LCACs (Landing Craft Air Cushion)
- or 21 * LCM-6 (landing craft mechanized)
- or up to 36 * AAV (Amphibious Assault Vehicles)
- or 3 * LCUs (Landing Craft Utility)
On deck:
- 1 * LCM-6
- 2 * LCPL (Landing Craft Personnel (Large))
- 1 * LCVP (Landing Craft Vehicle Personnel)
Armament:
- 2 * 25 mm Mk 38 cannons
- 2 * 20 mm Phalanx CIWS mounts
- 2 * Rolling Airframe Missile
- 6 * .50 caliber M2HB machine guns
Aircraft:
- Large helicopter platform aft
- No hangar
USS Fort McHenry (LSD-43) is a Whidbey Island-class dock landing ship of the United States Navy. She was named for Fort McHenry, in Baltimore, Maryland, the 1814 defense of which inspired The Star-Spangled Banner.
USS Fort McHenry (LSD 43) was laid down on 10 June 1983 by Lockheed Shipbuilding in Seattle, Washington. She was launched on 1 February 1986 (sponsored by Helen D. Bentley), and commissioned on 8 August 1987 in Seattle, Commander George S. «Dusty» Rhodes in command.
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