USS Fort McHenry (LSD-43)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/USS_Fort_McHenry_(LSD-43)
GPTKB entity
Statements (47)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Arleigh_Burke-class_destroyer
Royal Navy ship
gptkbp:armament 2 25 mm Mk 38 guns
2 Phalanx CIWS
6 .50-caliber machine guns
gptkbp:awards gptkb:Global_War_on_Terrorism_Expeditionary_Medal
gptkb:Meritorious_Unit_Commendation
gptkb:National_Defense_Service_Medal
gptkb:Navy_E_Ribbon
gptkb:Humanitarian_Service_Medal
gptkb:Sea_Service_Deployment_Ribbon
gptkb:Navy_Unit_Commendation
gptkb:Armed_Forces_Expeditionary_Medal
gptkb:Global_War_on_Terrorism_Service_Medal
gptkb:Southwest_Asia_Service_Medal
gptkbp:beam 84 feet
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Lockheed_Shipbuilding_and_Construction_Company
gptkbp:capacity Marines
Landing craft
gptkbp:class gptkb:Whidbey_Island-class
gptkbp:commissioned 8 August 1987
gptkbp:crew 22 officers
391 enlisted
gptkbp:decommissioned 27 March 2021
gptkbp:displacement 16,600 tons (full load)
gptkbp:homeport gptkb:Naval_Station_Mayport
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label USS Fort McHenry (LSD-43)
gptkbp:hullNumber gptkb:LSD-43
gptkbp:laidDown 10 June 1983
gptkbp:launched 1 February 1986
gptkbp:length 610 feet
gptkbp:locationAfterDecommissioning gptkb:Naval_Inactive_Ship_Maintenance_Facility,_Philadelphia
gptkbp:mission Amphibious warfare
gptkbp:name gptkb:USS_Fort_McHenry
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:Fort_McHenry
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:Operation_Enduring_Freedom
gptkb:Operation_Iraqi_Freedom
Operation Desert Storm
gptkbp:operator gptkb:United_States_Navy
gptkbp:propulsion 4 Colt-Pielstick diesel engines
gptkbp:speed 20 knots
gptkbp:status Decommissioned
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:LSD-41_Whidbey_Island-class_ships
gptkb:USS_Ashland_(LSD-48)
gptkb:USS_Comstock_(LSD-45)
gptkb:LSD-41_class
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6