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USS Fort McHenry
Whidbey Island-class dock landing ship / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Not to be confused with USS Fort Henry.
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".
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Name | Fort McHenry |
Namesake | Fort McHenry, in Baltimore, Maryland |
Ordered | 11 December 1985 |
Builder | Lockheed Shipbuilding |
Laid down | 10 June 1983 |
Launched | 1 February 1986 |
Commissioned | 8 August 1987 |
Decommissioned | 27 March 2021 |
Homeport | Mayport, Florida |
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Motto | Domus Fortium |
Status | Decommissioned, awaiting transfer to reserve fleet |
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Class and type | Whidbey Island-class dock landing ship |
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Length | 610 ft (185.9 m) |
Beam | 84 ft (25.6 m) |
Draft | 21 ft (6.4 m) |
Propulsion | 4 Colt Industries, 16-cylinder diesel engines, 2 shafts, 33,000 shp (25 MW) |
Speed | 20+ knots (37+ km/h) |
Boats & landing craft carried | 5 LCACs or 21 LCM-6s |
Troops | Marine detachment: 402 + 102 surge |
Complement | 22 officers, 391 enlisted |
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Fort McHenry was laid down on 10 June 1983 by Lockheed Shipbuilding in Seattle, Washington. She was launched on 1 February 1986 and commissioned on 8 August 1987 in Seattle.
Fort McHenry was decommissioned on 27 March 2021 and as of April 2021[update] is undergoing transfer to the Naval Inactive Ship Maintenance Facility in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where she will be placed in reserve status.[1][2]