USS WHIDBEY ISLAND LSD 41 |
Keel Laid: August 4, 1981 Launched: June 10, 1983 Commissioned: February 9, 1985 Decommissioned: August 20, 2022 Builder: Lockheed Shipbuilding, Seattle, WA. Propulsion system: four Colt Industries 16 Cylinder Diesels Propellers: two Length, overall: 610 feet (186 meters) Beam: 84 feet (25.6 meters) Draft: 21 feet (6.4 meters) Displacement: approx. 16.000 tons full load Speed: 22 knots Crew: 20 Officers, 25 CPO, 302 Enlisted, Marine detachment ~400 + ~100 surge Well deck capacity: four LCAC or 21 LCM-6 (on deck: one LCM-6, two LCPL and one LCVP) Armament: - 1 MK 31 Mod 0 RAM Launcher - 2 MK 15 MOD 2 Close-in-Weapons Systems (CIWS) - 2 MK 38 MOD 2 25mm Machine Gun System (MGS) - 6 MK 26 Mod 17 .50 Cal Machine guns |