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US Harpers Ferry class

US Whidbey Island class

Landing Ship/Platform Dock

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Landing Ship/Platform Dock Harpers Ferry class



Whidbey Island subclass with more cargo space instead of landing craft making it closer to a LPD type



  Specifications


413crew
19600full load (tn)
185.80length (m)
26beam (m)
5.94draught (m)
24max speed (knots)
33000power (shp)

2Missile Launcher Mk 49 21-cell RAM

2Naval Gun Mark 38 25 mm
2Close-In Weapon System CIWS Phalanx 20 mm

helicopter   Aircraft


Typical Max
Landing platform only. No hangar
US USMC Sikorsky S-80 H-53E 03









  Shipyards


US Avondale Shipyard - 4



  List of Ships


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1995--USUS NavyLSD-49USS Harpers FerryNACP
1995--USUS NavyLSD-50USS Carter HallNGDT
1996--USUS NavyLSD-51USS Oak Hill
1998--USUS NavyLSD-52USS Pearl Harbor


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  Events


1988-jun-17OrderedOrdered US LSD-49 USS Harpers Ferry
1989-dec-22OrderedOrdered US LSD-50 USS Carter Hall
1991-mar-27OrderedOrdered US LSD-51 USS Oak Hill
1991-apr-15Laid downLaid down US LSD-49 USS Harpers Ferry
1991-nov-11Laid downLaid down US LSD-50 USS Carter Hall
1992-sep-21Laid downLaid down US LSD-51 USS Oak Hill
1993-jan-16LaunchedLaunched US LSD-49 USS Harpers Ferry
1993-oct-02LaunchedLaunched US LSD-50 USS Carter Hall
1993-oct-12OrderedOrdered US LSD-52 USS Pearl Harbor
1994-jun-11LaunchedLaunched US LSD-51 USS Oak Hill
1995-jan-07CommissionedCommissioned US LSD-49 USS Harpers Ferry
1995-jan-27Laid downLaid down US LSD-52 USS Pearl Harbor
1995-sep-30CommissionedCommissioned US LSD-50 USS Carter Hall
1996-feb-24LaunchedLaunched US LSD-52 USS Pearl Harbor
1996-jun-08CommissionedCommissioned US LSD-51 USS Oak Hill
1998-may-30CommissionedCommissioned US LSD-52 USS Pearl Harbor
1999-oct-09DeploymentDeployment US LSD-52 USS Pearl Harbor San Francisco Fleet Week 1999 Present for Fleet Week 1999.
2011-marDeploymentDeployment US LSD-49 USS Harpers Ferry Operation Tomodachi - Tohoku Earthquake Relief Contributed to Earthquake and Tsunami relief operations off Japanese east coast.
2011-aug-10 US LSD-52 USS Pearl Harbor 11th MEU 2011-08
2017-sep-09 US LSD-51 USS Oak Hill Hurricanes Irma, Jose and Maria Relief Operations in route to the US Virgin Islands for Hurricane Irma relief support
2021-feb-12DeploymentDeployment US LSD-50 USS Carter Hall departed NS Norfolk for 6 month deployment with Iwo Jima Amphibious Ready Group. Returned to Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek on 7 Oct.
2021-apr-17Port VisitPort Visit US LSD-50 USS Carter Hall part of Iwo Jima ARG, arrrived in HMNB Devonport, for long weekend with part of 24 MEU.
2022-feb-21 US LSD-52 USS Pearl Harbor 11th MEU 2022-2
2022-sep-07Port VisitPort Visit US LSD-50 USS Carter Hall Baltimore Fleet Week at the Port Covington anchorage
2023-jul-10DeploymentDeployment US LSD-50 USS Carter Hall departed JEB Little Creek to join with the Bataan Amphibious Ready Group, for deployment.
2023-oct-11DeploymentDeployment US LSD-50 USS Carter Hall heading from Bahrain towards Arabian Sea as part of USS Bataan Amphibious Ready Group, as contingency for Palestinian-Israeli crisis.









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