USS Fort McHenry (LSD 43)

Whidbey Island Class Dock Landing Ship:

Laid down, 10 June 1983, at Lockheed Shipbuilding Corp, Seattle, WA.

Launched, 1 February 1986

Commissioned USS Fort McHenry (LSD-43), 8 August 1987

USS Fort McHenry is a unit of COMNAVSURFLANT, US Atlantic Fleet and is homeported at NAB Little CreekSpecifications: 

Displacement 11,471 t.(lt), 15,939 t.(fl) 

Length 609' 7" 

Beam 84' 

Draft 19' 2" 

Speed 20+ kts.ComplementOfficers 22Enlisted 391Marine DetachmentAircraft, helicoptersLanding/Attack CraftArmamenttwo 25mm MK 38 Machine Gunstwo 20mm Phalanx CIWS mountssix .50 cal. machine gunstwo Rolling Airframe Missile (RAM) MountsPropulsionfour Colt Industries PC2.5V 16 cylinder dieselstwo shafts, combined SHP 33,000

(Source: http://www.navsource.org/archives/10/12/1243.htm)