Harpers Ferry class dock landing ship

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The Harpers Ferry class of the United States Navy is a class of dock landing ships completed in the early 1990s. Modified from the Whidbey Island class, it loses landing craft capacity for more cargo space, making it closer to an amphibious transport dock type, but was not designated as such. Externally, the two classes can be told apart by the order of weapons. The Harper's Ferry type has the Phalanx CIWS mounted forward, and the RAM launcher on top of the bridge, while the Whidbey Island has the other arrangement.

[edit] General characteristics

• Length: 609 feet (185.6 m)
• Beam: 84 feet (25.26 m)
• Fully Loaded Displacement: 16,708 tons (16,976 t)
• Speed: 20+ knots
• Armament:
  • 1 or 2 Mk 49 RAM missile launchers
  • 2 Mk 15 Vulcan Phalanx
  • 2 Mk 38 25 mm guns
  • 6 M2 .50 cal machine guns
• Ship's Company: 22 officers, 391 enlisted
• Military Lift: 402 standard, 102 additional for surge
• Aircraft: Large helicopter platform aft, no hangar

[edit] List of ships

• USS Harpers Ferry (LSD-49)
• USS Carter Hall (LSD-50)
• USS Oak Hill (LSD-51)
• USS Pearl Harbor (LSD-52)

[edit] Sources

• US Navy Type Information
• Hutchinson, R. (2002) Jane's Warship Regcogntion Guide HaperCollins: London, New York.

Harpers Ferry-class dock landing ship

Harpers Ferry | Carter Hall | Oak Hill | Pearl Harbor

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