| Career | |
|---|---|
| Name: | USS Fort Fisher |
| Namesake: | Fort Fisher |
| Builder: | General Dynamics Quincy |
| Laid down: | 15 July 1970 |
| Launched: | 22 April 1972 |
| Acquired: | 8 November 1972 |
| Commissioned: | 9 December 1972 |
| Decommissioned: | 27 February 1998 |
| Struck: | 27 February 1998 |
| Motto: | "Support from sea to shore" |
| Fate: | Sold for Scrapping 30 September 2009 to International Shipbreaking, Brownsville, Tx |
| Status: | Undergoing Scrapping |
| Notes: | Awarded 2 May 1967 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Anchorage |
| Tonnage: | 5440 DWT |
| Displacement: | 8,762 long tons (8,903 t) light 14,202 long tons (14,430 t) full |
| Length: | 553 ft (169 m) overall 540 ft (160 m) at the waterline |
| Beam: | 84 ft (26 m) |
| Draft: | 20 ft (6.1 m) (max navigational draft) |
| Propulsion: | Steam turbines, two propellers. |
| Complement: | 52 officers, 742 enlisted. |
| Notes: | Steel hull, steel superstructure. |
USS Fort Fisher (LSD-40) was an Anchorage-class dock landing ship of the United States Navy.
Fort Fisher was laid down on 15 July 1970 at General Dynamics Quincy Shipbuilding and launched on 22 April 1972. She was commissioned on 9 December 1972.
Fort Fisher was decommissioned on 27 February 1998 and struck from the Naval Vessel Registry on the same day. On 30 September 2009, a contract to dismantle Fort Fisher was issued to International Shipbreaking Ltd, Brownsville, Tx, where as of 2010, the Fort Fisher is currently being scrapped.
This article includes information collected from the Naval Vessel Register, which, as a U.S. government publication, is in the public domain.
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