Class overview
Name: Harpers Ferry Class
Builders: Avondale Shipyard
Operators: United States Navy
Preceded by: Whidbey Island-class LSD
Succeeded by: N/A, latest dock landing ship authorized
Cost: $324.2 million [1]
In commission: 1995 - Present
Planned: 4
Completed: 4
Active: USS Harpers Ferry (LSD-49),
USS Carter Hall (LSD-50),
USS Oak Hill (LSD-51),
USS Pearl Harbor (LSD-52)
General characteristics
Displacement: 16,708 tons
Length: 609 ft (186 m)
Beam: 84 ft (26 m)
Draft: 21 ft (6.4 m)
Propulsion: Four Colt Industries, 16-cylinder diesels, two shafts, 33,000 shaft horsepower (25 MW)
Speed: 20+ knots (37 km/h)
Boats and landing
craft carried: 2 LCACs [2]
Complement: 22 officers, 391 enlisted
Armament: 2 × 25 mm Mk 38 cannons
2 × 20 mm Phalanx CIWS mounts
2 × RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missile (RAM) launchers
6 × .50 caliber M2HB machine guns
The Harpers Ferry class ships
Ship No. Name Hull / Builder / Commissioned / Homeport
LSD-49 Harpers Ferry / Avondale Shipyard / 7 January 1995 / Naval Base San Diego (CA)
LSD-50 Carter Hall / Avondale Shipyard / 30 September 1995 / Naval Amphibious Base Little Creek (VA)
LSD-51 Oak Hill / Avondale Shipyard / 8 June 1996 / Naval Amphibious Base Little Creek (VA)
LSD-52 Pearl Harbor / Avondale Shipyard / 30 May 1998 / Naval Base San Diego (CA)
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