USS Fort McHenry

USS Fort McHenry (LSD-43) conducting helicopter operations off the coast of Sumatra in 2005
History
United States
Name	Fort McHenry
Namesake	Fort McHenry, in Baltimore, Maryland
Ordered	11 December 1985
Builder	Lockheed Shipbuilding
Laid down	10 June 1983
Launched	1 February 1986
Commissioned	8 August 1987
Decommissioned	27 March 2021
Homeport	Mayport, Florida
Identification	MMSI number: 368802000 Callsign: NHTB Hull number LSD-43
Motto	Domus Fortium
Status	Decommissioned, awaiting transfer to reserve fleet
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General characteristics
Class and type	Whidbey Island-class dock landing ship
Displacement	16,261 long tons (16,522 t) (full) 11,325 long tons (11,507 t) (light)
Length	610 ft (185.9 m)
Beam	84 ft (25.6 m)
Draft	21 ft (6.4 m)
Propulsion	4 Colt Industries, 16-cylinder diesel engines, 2 shafts, 33,000 shp (25 MW)
Speed	20+ knots (37+ km/h)
Boats & landing craft carried	5 LCACs or 21 LCM-6s
Troops	Marine detachment: 402 + 102 surge
Complement	22 officers, 391 enlisted
Armament	2 × 25 mm Mk 38 cannons 2 × 20 mm Phalanx CIWS mounts 2 × Rolling Airframe Missile 6 × .50 caliber M2HB machine guns

USS Fort McHenry (LSD-43) is a Whidbey Island-class dock landing ship of the United States Navy. She was named for Fort McHenry, in Baltimore, Maryland, the 1814 defense of which inspired "The Star-Spangled Banner".

Fort McHenry was laid down on 10 June 1983 by Lockheed Shipbuilding in Seattle, Washington. She was launched on 1 February 1986 and commissioned on 8 August 1987 in Seattle.

Fort McHenry was decommissioned on 27 March 2021 and as of April 2021^[update] is undergoing transfer to the Naval Inactive Ship Maintenance Facility in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where she will be placed in reserve status.^[1][2]