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Amphibious-Warfare Ships (LSD, LPD, LPH, LHA, LHD, LCC, LSV)

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Type	#	Original Name	Shipbuilder	Hull#	LDT	$mm	FY	Keel Laid	Launched	Delivered	Days on Ways	Days in Water	Total Days	Disposition
Landing Ship Dock (LSD)
LSD	1	Ashland	Moore Dry Dock	232	4,032		42	22-Jun-42	21-Dec-42	5-Jun-43	182	166	348	Ex-APM 1, scrapped 1970
LSD	2	Belle Grove	Moore Dry Dock	233	4,032		42	27-Oct-42	17-Feb-43	9-Aug-43	113	173	286	Ex-APM 2, scrapped 1970
LSD	3	Carter Hall	Moore Dry Dock	234	4,032		42	27-Oct-42	4-Mar-43	18-Sep-43	128	198	326	Ex-APM 3, scrapped 1970
LSD	4	Epping Forest	Moore Dry Dock	235	4,032		42	23-Nov-42	2-Apr-43	11-Oct-43	130	192	322	Ex-APM 4, scrapped 1970
LSD	5	Gunston Hall	Moore Dry Dock	236	4,032		42	28-Dec-42	1-May-43	10-Nov-43	124	193	317	Ex-APM 5, to Argentina 1970 as Candido de Lasala (Q 43), scrapped 1982
LSD	6	Lindenwald	Moore Dry Dock	237	4,032		42	22-Feb-43	11-Jun-43	5-Dec-43	109	175	284	Ex-APM 6, scrapped 1968
LSD	7	Oak Hill	Moore Dry Dock	238	4,032		42	9-Mar-43	25-Jun-43	5-Jan-44	108	194	302	Ex-APM 7, scrapped 1970
LSD	8	White Marsh	Moore Dry Dock	239	4,032		42	7-Apr-43	19-Jul-43	29-Jan-44	103	194	297	Ex-APM 8, to Taiwan 1960 as Tung Hai (L 191), renamed Chung Cheng
LSD	9	Battleaxe	Newport News	401	4,032		42	23-Nov-42	21-May-43	14-Sep-43	179	116	295	Ex-BAPM 1, HMS Eastway (F 130), to Greece 1953 as Nafkratoussa (L 153), scrapped 1972
LSD	10	Claymore	Newport News	402	4,032		42	23-Nov-42	19-Jul-43	19-Oct-43	238	92	330	Ex-BAPM 2, HMS Highway (F 140), scrapped 1948
LSD	11	Cutlass	Newport News	403	4,032		42	24-May-42	18-Nov-43	15-Feb-44	543	89	632	Ex-BAPM 3, HMS Northway (F 142), scrapped 1966
LSD	12	Dagger	Newport News	404	4,032		42	23-Jul-43	29-Dec-43	29-Mar-44	159	91	250	Ex-BAPM 4, HMS Oceanway (F 143), to Greece 1947 as Okeanos, to France 1952 as Foudre, sunk as target 1970
LSD	13	Spear	Newport News	405	4,032		42	22-Nov-43	11-Apr-44	5-Jun-44	140	55	195	Ex-BAPM 5, HMS Portway (F 144), retained as USS Casa Grande, scrapped 1992
LSD	14	Sword	Newport News	406	4,032		42	31-Dec-43	10-May-44	3-Jul-44	131	54	185	Ex-BAPM 6, HMS Swashway (F 145), retained as USS Rushmore, sunk as target 1993
LSD	15	Shadwell	Newport News	407	4,032		42	17-Jan-44	24-May-44	24-Jul-44	128	61	189	Ex-BAPM 7, HMS Waterway (F 146), retained as USS Shadwell, test ship 1985
LSD	16	Cabildo	Newport News	448	4,032		43	1-Jul-44	22-Dec-44	15-Mar-45	174	83	257	Sunk as target 1985
LSD	17	Catamount	Newport News	449	4,032		43	7-Aug-44	27-Jan-45	9-Apr-45	172	72	244	Scrapped 1975
LSD	18	Colonial	Newport News	450	4,032		43	1-Aug-44	28-Feb-45	15-May-45	211	76	287	Scrapped 1993
LSD	19	Comstock	Newport News	451	4,032		43	3-Jan-45	28-Apr-45	2-Jul-45	115	65	180	Sold for scrap 1985 but bought by Taiwan: now Chung Cheng (L 191)
LSD	20	Donner	Boston NSY		4,032		43	1-Dec-44	6-Apr-45	31-Jul-45	126	116	242	Struck 1976, scrapped 2003
LSD	21	Fort Mandan	Boston NSY		4,032		43	2-Mar-45	2-Jun-45	31-Oct-45	92	151	243	To Greece 1971 as Nafkratoussa (L 153), scrapped 2001
LSD	22	Fort Marion	Gulf Shipbuilding		4,032		42	15-Sep-44	22-May-45	29-Jan-46	249	252	501	To Taiwan 1974 as Chen Hai (L 192), struck 1999
LSD	23	Fort Snelling	Gulf Shipbuilding		4,032		42	8-Nov-44						Cancelled, sold 1956 as Carib Queen, Taurus (AK 273) 1959, later LSV 8, scrapped 1969
LSD	24	Hilton Head	Gulf Shipbuilding		4,032		42	28-May-45						Cancelled, sold 1945, disposition unknown
LSD	25	San Marcos	Philadelphia NSY		4,032		42	1-Sep-44	10-Jan-45	15-Apr-45	131	95	226	To Spain 1974 as Galicia (L 31), scrapped 1988
LSD	26	Tortuga	Boston NSY		4,032		43	16-Oct-44	21-Jan-45	8-Jun-45	97	138	235	Struck 1976, sunk as target 1988
LSD	27	Whetstone	Boston NSY		4,032		43	7-Apr-45	18-Jul-45	12-Feb-46	102	209	311	Scrapped 1983
LSD	28	Thomaston	Ingalls	584	6,880		52	2-Mar-53	9-Feb-54	17-Sep-54	344	220	564	Scrapped 2011
LSD	29	Plymouth Rock	Ingalls	585	6,880		52	4-May-53	7-May-54	29-Nov-54	368	206	574	Scrapped 1995
LSD	30	Fort Snelling	Ingalls	586	6,880		52	17-Aug-53	16-Jul-54	24-Jan-55	333	192	525	Scrapped 1995
LSD	31	Point Defiance	Ingalls	587	6,880		52	23-Nov-53	28-Sep-54	31-Mar-55	309	184	493	Scrapped 2011
LSD	32	Spiegel Grove	Ingalls	593	6,880		54	7-Sep-54	10-Nov-55	8-Jun-56	429	211	640	Reefed off Florida 2002
LSD	33	Alamo	Ingalls	594	6,880		54	11-Oct-54	20-Jan-56	24-Aug-56	466	217	683	To Brazil 1990 as Rio de Janeiro (G 31), active
LSD	34	Hermitage	Ingalls	597	6,880		55	11-Apr-55	12-Jun-56	14-Dec-56	428	185	613	To Brazil 1989 as Ceara (G 30), active
LSD	35	Monticello	Ingalls	598	6,880		55	6-Jun-55	10-Aug-56	29-Mar-57	431	231	662	Sunk as target 2010
LSD	36	Anchorage	Ingalls	1151	8,600		65	13-Mar-67	5-May-68	15-Mar-69	419	314	733	Sunk as target 2010
LSD	37	Portland	GD Quincy	11	8,600	22	66	21-Sep-67	20-Dec-69	3-Oct-70	821	287	1,108	Sunk as target 2004
LSD	38	Pensacola	GD Quincy	12	8,600	22	66	12-Mar-69	11-Jul-70	1-Mar-71	486	233	719	To Taiwan 1999 as Shui Hai (L 188), active
LSD	39	Mount Vernon	GD Quincy	13	8,600	22	66	29-Jan-70	17-Apr-71	13-May-72	443	392	835	Sunk as target 2005
LSD	40	Fort Fisher	GD Quincy	14	8,600	24	67	15-Jul-70	22-Apr-72	8-Nov-72	647	200	847	Scrapped 2009
LSD	41	Whidbey Island	Lockheed	150	11,125	339	81	4-Aug-81	10-Jun-83	9-Feb-85	675	610	1,285	Active
LSD	42	Germantown	Lockheed	151	11,125	304	82	5-Aug-82	29-Jun-84	1-Feb-86	694	582	1,276	Active
LSD	43	Fort McHenry	Lockheed	152	11,125	271	83	10-Jun-83	1-Feb-86	24-Jul-87	967	538	1,505	Active
LSD	44	Gunston Hall	Avondale	2349	11,125	167	84	26-May-86	27-Jun-87	24-Feb-89	397	608	1,005	Active
LSD	45	Comstock	Avondale	2350	11,125	153	85	27-Oct-86	16-Jan-88	12-Jan-90	446	727	1,183	Active
LSD	46	Tortuga	Avondale	2351	11,125	153	85	23-Mar-87	15-Sep-88	7-Sep-90	542	722	1,264	Active
LSD	47	Rushmore	Avondale	2352	11,125	149	86	9-Nov-87	6-May-89	26-Apr-91	544	720	1,264	Active
LSD	48	Ashland	Avondale	2353	11,125	149	86	4-Apr-88	11-Nov-89	12-Mar-92	586	852	1,438	Active
LSD	49	Harpers Ferry	Avondale	2359	11,125	157	88	15-Apr-91	16-Jan-93	2-Aug-94	642	563	1,205	Active
LSD	50	Carter Hall	Avondale	2369	11,125	128	90	11-Nov-91	2-Oct-93	14-Jul-95	691	650	1,341	Active
LSD	51	Oak Hill	Avondale	2371	11,125	135	91	21-Sep-92	11-Jun-94	23-Mar-96	628	651	1,279	Active
LSD	52	Pearl Harbor	Avondale	2379	11,125	257	92	27-Jan-95	24-Feb-96	30-Apr-98	393	796	1,189	Active
Landing Platform Dock (LPD)
LPD	1	Raleigh	New York NSY		8,051		59	23-Jun-60	17-Mar-62	7-Sep-62	632	174	806	Sunk as target 1994
LPD	2	Vancouver	New York NSY		8,051		60	19-Nov-60	15-Sep-62	10-May-63	665	236	901	Scrapped 2013
LPD	3	La Salle	New York NSY		8,051		61	2-Apr-62	3-Aug-63	21-Feb-64	488	202	690	AGF 3 1972, sunk as target 2006
LPD	4	Austin	New York NSY		10,000		62	4-Feb-63	26-Jun-64	5-Feb-65	508	224	732	Scrapped 2009
LPD	5	Ogden	New York NSY		10,000		62	4-Feb-63	27-Jun-64	23-Sep-65	509	453	962	Sunk as target 2014
LPD	6	Duluth	New York NSY		10,000		62	18-Dec-63	14-Aug-65	31-Jan-66	605	170	775	Scrapped 2013
LPD	7	Cleveland	Ingalls	1106	10,000		63	30-Nov-64	7-May-66	3-Apr-67	523	331	854	Decommissioned 2011
LPD	8	Dubuque	Ingalls	1107	10,000		63	25-Jan-65	6-Aug-66	21-Aug-67	558	380	938	Decommissioned 2011
LPD	9	Denver	Lockheed	122	10,000		63	7-Feb-64	23-Jan-65	18-Oct-68	351	1,364	1,715	Decommissioned 2014
LPD	10	Juneau	Lockheed	123	10,000	25	63	23-Jan-65	12-Feb-66	12-Jul-69	385	1,246	1,631	Decommissioned 2008
LPD	11	Coronado	Lockheed	128	10,000	23	64	1-May-65	1-Jul-66	23-May-70	426	1,422	1,848	AGF 11 1980, sunk as target 2012
LPD	12	Shreveport	Lockheed	129	10,000	23	64	27-Dec-65	22-Oct-66	1-Dec-70	299	1,501	1,800	Decommissioned 2007
LPD	13	Nashville	Lockheed	130	10,000	23	64	14-Mar-66	7-Oct-67	26-Dec-69	572	811	1,383	Decommissioned 2009
LPD	14	Trenton	Lockheed	137	10,000	24	65	8-Aug-66	3-Aug-68	12-Feb-71	726	923	1,649	To India 2007 as Jalashwa (L-41)
LPD	15	Ponce	Lockheed	138	10,000	24	65	31-Oct-66	20-May-70	25-Jun-71	1,297	401	1,698	AFSB 15 2012, active
LPD	16						65							Cancelled
LPD	17	San Antonio	Avondale	2484	18,000	641	96	9-Dec-00	12-Jul-03	20-Jul-05	945	739	1,684	Active
LPD	18	New Orleans	Avondale	2485	18,000	391	99	14-Oct-02	11-Dec-04	22-Dec-06	789	741	1,530	Active
LPD	19	Mesa Verde	Ingalls	2486	18,000	492	00	25-Feb-03	19-Nov-04	28-Sep-07	633	1,035	1,638	Active
LPD	20	Green Bay	Avondale	2487	18,000	478	00	11-Aug-03	11-Aug-06	29-Aug-08	1,096	749	1,845	Active
LPD	21	New York	Avondale	2488	18,000	1,339	03	10-Sep-04	19-Dec-07	21-Aug-09	1,268	611	1,879	Active
LPD	22	San Diego	Ingalls	2631	18,000	1,339	06	23-May-07	7-May-10	19-Dec-11	1,080	591	1,671	Active
LPD	23	Anchorage	Avondale	2635	18,000	1,339	06	24-Sep-07	12-Feb-11	17-Sep-12	1,232	609	1,841	Active
LPD	24	Arlington	Ingalls	2665	18,000	1,229	07	18-Dec-08	23-Nov-10	7-Dec-12	705	744	1,449	Active
LPD	25	Somerset	Avondale	2606	18,000	1,229	08	11-Dec-09	14-Apr-12	18-Oct-13	854	565	1,419	Active
LPD	26	John P. Murtha	Ingalls	2614	18,000	1,496	10	6-Feb-12	30-Oct-14	13-May-16	966	561	1,527	Active
LPD	27	Portland	Ingalls	2617	18,000	1,514	12	20-May-13	15-Feb-16	18-Sep-17	1,001	511	1,512	Active
LPD	28	Fort Lauderdale	Ingalls		18,000	1,514	16	19-Dec-16	13-Oct-17					Building
LPD	29	Richard M McCool Jr	Ingalls		18,000		18							Planned
LPD	30-42	13 ships												Flight II planned to replace LSDs
Landing Platform Helicopter (LPH)
LPH	1	Block Island			11,373									Ex-CVE 106, conversion cancelled, scrapped 1960
LPH	2	Iwo Jima	Puget Sound NSY		10,717		58	2-Apr-59	17-Sep-60	28-Jul-61	534	314	848	Scrapped 1995
LPH	3	Okinawa	Philadelphia NSY		10,717		59	1-Apr-60	19-Aug-61	14-Apr-62	505	238	743	Sunk as target 2002
LPH	4	Boxer			27,000					15-Nov-55				Ex-CVS 21, scrapped 1971
LPH	5	Princeton			27,000					2-Mar-59				Ex-CVS 37, scrapped 1972
LPH	6	Thetis Bay			8,000					1-Jul-55				Ex-CVE 90, scrapped 1966
LPH	7	Guadalcanal	Philadelphia NSY		10,717		60	1-Sep-61	16-Mar-63	9-Jul-63	561	115	676	Sunk as target 2005
LPH	8	Valley Forge			27,000					1-Jul-61				Ex-CVS 45, scrapped 1972
LPH	9	Guam	Philadelphia NSY		10,717		61	15-Nov-62	22-Aug-64	4-Jan-66	646	500	1,146	Sunk as target 2001
LPH	10	Tripoli	Ingalls	1105	10,717		63	15-Jun-64	31-Jul-65	20-Jul-66	411	354	765	To US Army 1997
LPH	11	New Orleans	Philadelphia NSY		10,717		65	1-Mar-66	3-Feb-68	14-Feb-70	704	742	1,446	Sunk as target 2010
LPH	12	Inchon	Ingalls	1156	10,717	38	67	8-Apr-68	24-May-69	2-Jun-70	411	374	785	MCS 12 1996, scuttled off Virginia Beach 2004
Landing Helicopter Attack (LHA)
LHA	1	Tarawa	Ingalls	4101	25,588	112	69	15-Nov-71	1-Dec-73	29-May-76	747	910	1,657	Decommissioned 2009
LHA	2	Saipan	Ingalls	4102	25,588	112	70	21-Jul-72	18-Jul-74	15-Oct-77	727	1,185	1,912	Scrapped 2011
LHA	3	Belleau Wood	Ingalls	4103	25,588	112	70	5-Mar-73	11-Apr-77	23-Sep-78	1,498	530	2,028	Sunk as target 2006
LHA	4	Nassau	Ingalls	4104	25,588	112	71	13-Aug-73	21-Jan-78	28-Jul-79	1,622	553	2,175	Decommissioned 2011
LHA	5	Peleliu	Ingalls	4105	25,588	112	71	26-Nov-76	25-Nov-78	5-Mar-80	729	466	1,195	Active
LHA	6		Ingalls	4106	25,588									Cancelled
LHA	7		Ingalls	4107	25,588									Cancelled
LHA	8		Ingalls	4108	25,588									Cancelled
LHA	9		Ingalls	4109	25,588									Cancelled
LHA	6	America	Ingalls	7306	45,000	2,400	08	27-Apr-09	4-Jun-12	10-Apr-14	1,130	678	1,808	Active
LHA	7	Tripoli	Ingalls	7307	45,000	2,381	12	5-Mar-14	1-May-17		1,150			Building
LHA	8	Bougainville	Ingalls	7308	45,000	3,133								Building
LHA	9		Ingalls	7309	45,000									Planned
LHA	10		Ingalls	7310	45,000									Planned
Landing Helicopter Dock (LHD)
LHD	1	Wasp	Ingalls	7103	28,233	822	84	30-May-85	4-Aug-87	5-May-89	796	640	1,436	Active
LHD	2	Essex	Ingalls	7201	28,200	402	86	20-Mar-89	23-Feb-91	10-Jul-92	705	503	1,208	Active
LHD	3	Kearsarge	Ingalls	7202	28,233	353	88	6-Feb-90	26-Mar-92	16-Aug-93	779	508	1,287	Active
LHD	4	Boxer	Ingalls	7203	28,233	341	89	18-Apr-91	7-Aug-93	21-Nov-94	842	471	1,313	Active
LHD	5	Bataan	Ingalls	7205	28,233	731	91	22-Jun-94	15-Mar-96	23-Jun-97	632	465	1,097	Active
LHD	6	Bonhomme Richard	Ingalls	7206	28,233	761	93	18-Apr-95	14-Mar-97	12-May-98	696	424	1,120	Active
LHD	7	Iwo Jima	Ingalls	7207	28,233	795	96	12-Dec-97	25-Mar-00	6-Apr-01	834	377	1,211	Active
LHD	8	Makin Island	Ingalls	7208	28,233	1,408	02	14-Feb-04	22-Sep-06	16-Apr-09	951	937	1,888	Active
Landing Command Control (LCC)
LCC	19	Blue Ridge	Philadelphia NSY		13,038	75	65	27-Feb-67	4-Jan-69	14-Nov-70	427	679	1,106	Ex-AGC 19, active
LCC	20	Mount Whitney	Newport News	593	12,815	36	66	8-Jan-69	8-Jan-70	16-Jan-71	365	373	738	Ex-AGC 20, active
Landing Ship, Vehicle (LSV)
LSV	1	Willamette I & S	Portland OR							Jun-44				Catskill, ex-AP 106, ex-CM 6, scrapped 1973
LSV	2	Willamette I & S	Portland OR							Sep-44				Ozark, ex-AP 107, ex-CM 7, to USAF 1975, sunk by mistake 1981
LSV	3	Ingalls SB	Pascagoula MS							Dec-44				Osage, ex-AP 108, ex-AN 3, MCS 3 1956, scrapped 1974
LSV	4	Ingalls SB	Pascagoula MS							Feb-45				Saugus, ex-AP 109, ex-AN 4, MCS 4 1956, scrapped 1976
LSV	5	Ingalls SB	Pascagoula MS							Mar-44				Monitor, ex-AP 160, ex-AN 1, MCS 5 1956, scrapped 1970s
LSV	6	Ingalls SB	Pascagoula MS							Mar-44				Montauk, ex-AP 161, ex-AN 2, Galilea (AKN 6) 1946, scrapped 1973
Other
CLC	1	Northampton	Bethlehem Steel	1612	12,429					28-Feb-53				Scrapped 1980
IFS	1	Carronade	Lockheed	97	1,500		49			26-May-53				Later IFR 1: scrapped 1974

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