LSD 41 Whidbey Island

Initial Operational Capability (IOC) : February 9, 1985
Total Production : 8
Total Cost : USD $2.6 billion

Model	Status	Year	Produced
LSD 41 Whidbey Island	Active	1985	8

LSD 41 Whidbey Island

Group : Amphibious Assault Ships
Status : Active
Origin : United States of America
Contractor : Northrop Grumman
Initial Operational Capability (IOC) : February 9, 1985
Total Production : 8
Unitary Cost : USD $324 million

The LSD 41 Whidbey Island-class Dock Landing Ships support amphibious assault operations including landings via LCACs, LCUs, and helicopters onto hostile shores. The LSD 41 class ships were specifically designed to accommodate and provide repair for LCAC landing crafts. Two Mk 38 25mm and six 12.7mm machine guns and two Mk 15 Phalanx provide firepower protection against incoming threats.

Operators

Country	Status	State	Notes
United States of America	Active	1/8

Specifications

		Notes
Crew	413
Troops	504
Dimensions
Beam	25.6 meter
Length	186 meter
Mass
Full Displacement	16,200 ton
Power
Total Combined Power	33,000 shp
Speed
Top Speed	22 knot

Gear


Combat Management Systems
SSDS
Decoy Systems
AN/SLQ-25A SSTD	1
Jamming Systems
AN/SLQ-32(V)5	1
Landing Crafts
LCAC 1	4
LCU	3
Medium Caliber Cannons
Mk 38	2
Sea-Based Air Defense Systems
Mk 15 Phalanx Block 1/1A	2
Mk-31 RAM	2

Listing

Ship	Status	Com	Decom
LSD 41 USS Whidbey Island	Decommissioned	February 9, 1985	2022
LSD 42 USS Germantown	Decommissioned	February 1, 1986	2023
LSD 43 USS Fort McHenry	Decommissioned	July 24, 1987	2021
LSD 44 USS Gunston Hall	Decommissioned	April 22, 1989	2023
LSD 45 USS Comstock	Active	February 3, 1990	2026
LSD 46 USS Tortuga	Decommissioned	November 17, 1990	2023
LSD 47 USS Rushmore	Decommissioned	June 1, 1991	2024
LSD 48 USS Ashland	Decommissioned	March 12, 1992	2023

News

Monday, 6 July, 2009

US Navy to Conduct Maritime Laser Demonstration in Support of its Surface Fighting Ships

Northrup Grumman Space and Missions Systems Corp., Redondo Beach, Calif., is being awarded a $98,000,000 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for the Maritime

Tuesday, 13 January, 2009

SSDS to Be Integrated onto CVN 78, LHA 6 and LSD 41 Ships

TEWKSBURY, Mass., Jan. 13, 2009 /PRNewswire/ -- Raytheon Company received a $23 million U.S. Navy contract to serve as the platform systems engineering agent for the Ship

Wednesday, 9 July, 2008

General Dynamics NASSCO Awarded Contract for LSD 41 and LSD 49-class Amphibious Assault Ships Modernization

SAN DIEGO General Dynamics NASSCO, a wholly-owned subsidiary of General Dynamics (NYSE: GD), has been awarded a contract by the U.

Photo Gallery

January 2013

USS Tortuga (LSD 46) departs Sasebo, Japan, for a scheduled deployment to take part in an amphibious integration training and certification exercise January 14, 2013

December 2008

An MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter delivers supplies to the amphibious dock landing ship USS Comstock (LSD 45) December 11, 2008

April 2008

USNS Sacagawea (T-AKE 2) steams between the amphibious assault ship USS Tarawa (LHA 1), front, and the amphibious dock landing ship USS Germantown (LSD 42)