Whidbey Island class Dock Landing Ship - LSD

 

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Ships:

Units

in service

Builder

LSD 41 USS Whidbey Island

1985

Lockheed Shipbuilding, Seattle, Washington, USA

LSD 42 USS Germantown

1986

Lockheed Shipbuilding, Seattle, Washington, USA

LSD 43 USS Fort McHenry

1987

Lockheed Shipbuilding, Seattle, Washington, USA

LSD 44 USS Gunston Hall

1989

Avondale Shipyards, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

LSD 45 USS Comstock

1990

Avondale Shipyards, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

LSD 46 USS Tortuga

1990

Avondale Shipyards, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

LSD 47 USS Rushmore

1991

Avondale Shipyards, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

LSD 48 USS Ashland

1992

Avondale Shipyards, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

 

Specifications:

Displacement:

16200 tons (full load)

Length:

185,6 meters

Beam:

26 meters

Draft:

6,4 meters

Max Speed:

20+ knots (= 37+ km/h)

Propulsion:

4 x Colt Industries 16-cylinder diesel-engines

33000 shp, total

2 shafts / 2 controllable pitch propellers

Aviation:

flight deck: 212 feet (64,6 meters) long / 83 feet (25,3 meters) wide

2 landing spots / no hangar

Well Deck:

440 feet (134 meters) long / 50 feet (15,25 meters) wide

floodable to 10 feet (3 meters) aft / 6 feet (1,83 meters) forward

Landing force: 4 LCAC’s or 21 LCM-6 or up to 36 AAV’s

Complement:

Ship: 350

Marine Detachment: 402 plus 102 surge

Armament:

2 x Mk-49 launcher for RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missile (RAM) (added later)

2 x Mk-15 Phalanx CIWS

2 x Mk-38 machine gun systems (MGS)

6 x .50 caliber (12,7 mm) machine guns

 

Armament (defensive):

 

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2 x Mk-15 close-in weapon system (CIWS) and 2 x Mk-49 Rolling Airframe Missile (RAM) launcher (added later)

 

whidbey island class dock landing ship lsd armament mk-38 25mm machine gun system

Mk-38 Mod.2 25mm machine gun system

 

whidbey island class lsd dock landing ship .50 caliber machine gun

.50 caliber machine gun

 

 

detail images:

 

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