Fort Fisher was first homeported at Long Beach, California, before moving to San Diego in August 1973. The ship made her first overseas deployment as part of Amphibious Forces, United States Seventh Fleet, in the first half of 1974, the first of ten deployments to the Western Pacific, as well as three to the Persian Gulf. Fort Fisher was refitted between September 1986 and May 1987, in order to operate the Navy's new Landing Craft Air Cushion (LCAC). In September 1992, Fort Fisher was sent to Somalia as part of the multinational Unified Task Force bringing humanitarian aid in Operation Restore Hope. She returned there on 8 February 1995, and took part in Operation United Shield, the withdrawal of troops and equipment. On her final deployment in 1997 Fort Fisher took part in joint exercises with Persian Gulf nations.[2]
Fort Fisher was decommissioned on 27 February 1998 and struck from the Naval Vessel Registry on the same day.[1] On 30 September 2009, a contract to dismantle Fort Fisher was issued to International Shipbreaking Ltd. of Brownsville, Texas. Fort Fisher departed the Suisun Bay Reserve Fleet on 5 January 2010 under tow to Brownsville.[3]Fort Fisher completed her dismantling on 14 January 2011.
^"USS Fort Fisher (LSD 40) Decommissioning Pamphlet - Ship's History". united-states-navy.com. 2013. Retrieved 29 August 2013.
^"National Defense Reserve Fleet Inventory: For the month ending January 31, 2010" (PDF). United States Maritime Administration. 2010. Retrieved 29 August 2013.
This article includes information collected from the Naval Vessel Register, which, as a U.S. government publication, is in the public domain. The entry can be found here.
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fort, fisher, anchorage, class, dock, landing, ship, service, with, united, states, navy, from, 1972, 1998, scrapped, 2010, historyunited, statesnamenamesakefort, fisher, north, carolinaawarded2, 1967buildergeneral, dynamics, quincy, massachusettslaid, down15,. USS Fort Fisher LSD 40 was an Anchorage class dock landing ship in service with the United States Navy from 1972 to 1998 She was scrapped in 2010 HistoryUnited StatesNameUSS Fort FisherNamesakeFort Fisher in North CarolinaAwarded2 May 1967BuilderGeneral Dynamics Quincy MassachusettsLaid down15 July 1970Launched22 April 1972Acquired8 November 1972Commissioned9 December 1972Decommissioned27 February 1998Stricken27 February 1998Motto Support from sea to shore FateSold for scrapping 30 September 2009General characteristicsClass and typeAnchorage class dock landing shipTonnage5 440 DWTDisplacement8 762 long tons 8 903 t light 14 202 long tons 14 430 t fullLength553 ft 169 m o a 540 ft 160 m w lBeam84 ft 26 m Draft20 ft 6 1 m max navigational draft PropulsionSteam turbines two propellersSpeed22 knots 41 km h 25 mph Boats amp landing craft carried3 LCACTroops330 MarinesComplement18 officers 340 enlistedArmament2 20mm Phalanx CIWS 2 Mk 38 machine guns 4 0 5 in 12 7 mm gunsAviation facilitiesHelipadNotesSteel hull steel superstructure Service history editFort Fisher was laid down on 15 July 1970 at General Dynamics Quincy Shipbuilding Division and launched on 22 April 1972 She was commissioned on 9 December 1972 1 Fort Fisher was first homeported at Long Beach California before moving to San Diego in August 1973 The ship made her first overseas deployment as part of Amphibious Forces United States Seventh Fleet in the first half of 1974 the first of ten deployments to the Western Pacific as well as three to the Persian Gulf Fort Fisher was refitted between September 1986 and May 1987 in order to operate the Navy s new Landing Craft Air Cushion LCAC In September 1992 Fort Fisher was sent to Somalia as part of the multinational Unified Task Force bringing humanitarian aid in Operation Restore Hope She returned there on 8 February 1995 and took part in Operation United Shield the withdrawal of troops and equipment On her final deployment in 1997 Fort Fisher took part in joint exercises with Persian Gulf nations 2 Fort Fisher was decommissioned on 27 February 1998 and struck from the Naval Vessel Registry on the same day 1 On 30 September 2009 a contract to dismantle Fort Fisher was issued to International Shipbreaking Ltd of Brownsville Texas Fort Fisher departed the Suisun Bay Reserve Fleet on 5 January 2010 under tow to Brownsville 3 Fort Fisher completed her dismantling on 14 January 2011 References edit a b Fort Fisher LSD 40 Naval Vessel Register 2013 Retrieved 29 August 2013 USS Fort Fisher LSD 40 Decommissioning Pamphlet Ship s History united states navy com 2013 Retrieved 29 August 2013 National Defense Reserve Fleet Inventory For the month ending January 31 2010 PDF United States Maritime Administration 2010 Retrieved 29 August 2013 This article includes information collected from theNaval Vessel Register which as a U S government publication is in the public domain The entry can be found here External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to USS Fort Fisher LSD 40 USS Fort Fisher LSD 40 navysite de Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title USS Fort Fisher amp oldid 1148074098, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
