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Name Builder hull # LDT $M FY Keel Laid Launched Delivered Days on
Ways		 Days in
Water		 Days Notes
Landing Ship Dock (LSD)
LSD-1 Ashland Moore Dry Dock 232 4,032 42 22 Jun 1942 21 Dec 1942 5 Jun 1943 182 166 348 ex-APM-1, scrapped 1970
LSD-2 Belle Grove Moore Dry Dock 233 4,032 42 27 Oct 1942 17 Feb 1943 9 Aug 1943 113 173 286 ex-APM-2, scrapped 1970
LSD-3 Carter Hall Moore Dry Dock 234 4,032 42 27 Oct 1942 4 Mar 1943 18 Sep 1943 128 198 326 ex-APM-3, scrapped 1970
LSD-4 Epping Forest Moore Dry Dock 235 4,032 42 23 Nov 1942 2 Apr 1943 11 Oct 1943 130 192 322 ex-APM-4, scrapped 1970
LSD-5 Gunston Hall Moore Dry Dock 236 4,032 42 28 Dec 1942 1 May 1943 10 Nov 1943 124 193 317 ex-APM-5, to Argentina 1970 as Candido de Lasala (Q-43), scrapped 1982
LSD-6 Lindenwald Moore Dry Dock 237 4,032 42 22 Feb 1943 11 Jun 1943 5 Dec 1943 109 175 284 ex-APM-6, scrapped 1968
LSD-7 Oak Hill Moore Dry Dock 238 4,032 42 9 Mar 1943 25 Jun 1943 5 Jan 1944 108 194 302 ex-APM-7, scrapped 1970
LSD-8 White Marsh Moore Dry Dock 239 4,032 42 7 Apr 1943 19 Jul 1943 29 Jan 1944 103 194 297 ex-APM-8, to Taiwan 1960 as Tung Hai (L-191), renamed Chung Cheng
LSD-9 Battleaxe Newport News 401 4,032 42 23 Nov 1942 21 May 1943 14 Sep 1943 179 116 295 ex-BAPM-1, HMS Eastway (F-130), to Greece 1953 as Nafkratoussa (L-153), scrapped 1972
LSD-10 Claymore Newport News 402 4,032 42 23 Nov 1942 19 Jul 1943 19 Oct 1943 238 92 330 ex-BAPM-2, HMS Highway (F-140), scrapped 1948
LSD-11 Cutlass Newport News 403 4,032 42 24 May 1942 18 Nov 1943 15 Feb 1944 543 89 632 ex-BAPM-3, HMS Northway (F-142), scrapped 1966
LSD-12 Dagger Newport News 404 4,032 42 23 Jul 1943 29 Dec 1943 29 Mar 1944 159 91 250 ex-BAPM-4, HMS Oceanway (F-143), to Greece 1947 as Okeanos, to France 1952 as Foudre, sunk as target 1970
LSD-13 Spear Newport News 405 4,032 42 22 Nov 1943 11 Apr 1944 5 Jun 1944 140 55 195 ex-BAPM-5, HMS Portway (F-144), retained as USS Casa Grande, scrapped 1992
LSD-14 Sword Newport News 406 4,032 42 31 Dec 1943 10 May 1944 3 Jul 1944 131 54 185 ex-BAPM-6, HMS Swashway (F-145), retained as USS Rushmore, sunk as target 1993
LSD-15 Shadwell Newport News 407 4,032 42 17 Jan 1944 24 May 1944 24 Jul 1944 128 61 189 ex-BAPM-7, HMS Waterway (F-146), retained as USS Shadwell, test ship 1985
LSD-16 Cabildo Newport News 448 4,032 43 1 Jul 1944 22 Dec 1944 15 Mar 1945 174 83 257 sunk as target 1985
LSD-17 Catamount Newport News 449 4,032 43 7 Aug 1944 27 Jan 1945 9 Apr 1945 172 72 244 scrapped 1975
LSD-18 Colonial Newport News 450 4,032 43 1 Aug 1944 28 Feb 1945 15 May 1945 211 76 287 scrapped 1993
LSD-19 Comstock Newport News 451 4,032 43 3 Jan 1945 28 Apr 1945 2 Jul 1945 115 65 180 sold for scrap 1985 but bought by Taiwan:later Chung Cheng (L-191)
LSD-20 Donner Boston NSY 4,032 43 1 Dec 1944 6 Apr 1945 31 Jul 1945 126 116 242 struck 1976, scrapped 2003
LSD-21 Fort Mandan Boston NSY 4,032 43 2 Mar 1945 2 Jun 1945 31 Oct 1945 92 151 243 to Greece 1971 as Nafkratoussa (L-153), scrapped 2001
LSD-22 Fort Marion Gulf Shipbuilding 4,032 42 15 Sep 1944 22 May 1945 29 Jan 1946 249 252 501 to Taiwan 1974 as Chen Hai (L-192), struck 1999
LSD-23 Fort Snelling Gulf Shipbuilding 4,032 42 8 Nov 1944 cancelled, sold 1956 as Carib Queen, Taurus (AK-273) 1959, LSV-8, scrapped 1969
LSD-24 Hilton Head Gulf Shipbuilding 4,032 42 28 May 1945 cancelled, sold 1945
LSD-25 San Marcos Philadelphia NSY 4,032 42 1 Sep 1944 10 Jan 1945 15 Apr 1945 131 95 226 to Spain 1974 as Galicia (L-31), scrapped 1988
LSD-26 Tortuga Boston NSY 4,032 43 16 Oct 1944 21 Jan 1945 8 Jun 1945 97 138 235 struck 1976, sunk as target 1988
LSD-27 Whetstone Boston NSY 4,032 43 7 Apr 1945 18 Jul 1945 12 Feb 1946 102 209 311 scrapped 1983
LSD-28 Thomaston Ingalls 584 6,880 52 2 Mar 1953 9 Feb 1954 17 Sep 1954 344 220 564 scrapped 2011
LSD-29 Plymouth Rock Ingalls 585 6,880 52 4 May 1953 7 May 1954 29 Nov 1954 368 206 574 scrapped 1995
LSD-30 Fort Snelling Ingalls 586 6,880 52 17 Aug 1953 16 Jul 1954 24 Jan 1955 333 192 525 scrapped 1995
LSD-31 Point Defiance Ingalls 587 6,880 52 23 Nov 1953 28 Sep 1954 31 Mar 1955 309 184 493 scrapped 2011
LSD-32 Spiegel Grove Ingalls 593 6,880 54 7 Sep 1954 10 Nov 1955 8 Jun 1956 429 211 640 reefed off Florida 2002
LSD-33 Alamo Ingalls 594 6,880 54 11 Oct 1954 20 Jan 1956 24 Aug 1956 466 217 683 to Brazil 1990 as Rio de Janeiro (G-31)
LSD-34 Hermitage Ingalls 597 6,880 55 11 Apr 1955 12 Jun 1956 14 Dec 1956 428 185 613 to Brazil 1989 as Ceara (G-30)
LSD-35 Monticello Ingalls 598 6,880 55 6 Jun 1955 10 Aug 1956 29 Mar 1957 431 231 662 sunk as target 2010
LSD-36 Anchorage Ingalls 1151 8,600 65 13 Mar 1967 5 May 1968 15 Mar 1969 419 314 733 sunk as target 2010
LSD-37 Portland GD-Quincy 11 8,600 22 66 21 Sep 1967 20 Dec 1969 3 Oct 1970 821 287 1,108 sunk as target 2004
LSD-38 Pensacola GD-Quincy 12 8,600 22 66 12 Mar 1969 11 Jul 1970 1 Mar 1971 486 233 719 to Taiwan 1999 as Shui Hai (L-188)
LSD-39 Mount Vernon GD-Quincy 13 8,600 22 66 29 Jan 1970 17 Apr 1971 13 May 1972 443 392 835 sunk as target 2005
LSD-40 Fort Fisher GD-Quincy 14 8,600 24 67 15 Jul 1970 22 Apr 1972 8 Nov 1972 647 200 847 scrapped 2009
LSD-41 Whidbey Island Lockheed 150 11,125 339 81 4 Aug 1981 10 Jun 1983 9 Feb 1985 675 610 1,285
LSD-42 Germantown Lockheed 151 11,125 304 82 5 Aug 1982 29 Jun 1984 1 Feb 1986 694 582 1,276
LSD-43 Fort McHenry Lockheed 152 11,125 271 83 10 Jun 1983 1 Feb 1986 24 Jul 1987 967 538 1,505
LSD-44 Gunston Hall Avondale 2349 11,125 167 84 26 May 1986 27 Jun 1987 24 Feb 1989 397 608 1,005
LSD-45 Comstock Avondale 2350 11,125 153 85 27 Oct 1986 16 Jan 1988 12 Jan 1990 446 727 1,183
LSD-46 Tortuga Avondale 2351 11,125 153 85 23 Mar 1987 15 Sep 1988 7 Sep 1990 542 722 1,264
LSD-47 Rushmore Avondale 2352 11,125 149 86 9 Nov 1987 6 May 1989 26 Apr 1991 544 720 1,264
LSD-48 Ashland Avondale 2353 11,125 149 86 4 Apr 1988 11 Nov 1989 12 Mar 1992 586 852 1,438
LSD-49 Harpers ferry Avondale 2359 11,125 157 88 15 Apr 1991 16 Jan 1993 2 Aug 1994 642 563 1,205
LSD-50 Carter Hall Avondale 2369 11,125 128 90 11 Nov 1991 2 Oct 1993 14 Jul 1995 691 650 1,341
LSD-51 Oak Hill Avondale 2371 11,125 135 91 21 Sep 1992 11 Jun 1994 23 Mar 1996 628 651 1,279
LSD-52 Pearl Harbor Avondale 2379 11,125 257 92 27 Jan 1995 24 Feb 1996 30 Apr 1998 393 796 1,189
Landing Platform Dock (LPD)
LPD-1 Raleigh New York NSY 8,051 59 23 Jun 1960 17 Mar 1962 7 Sep 1962 632 174 806 sunk as target 1994
LPD-2 Vancouver New York NSY 8,051 60 19 Nov 1960 15 Sep 1962 10 May 1963 665 236 901 scrapped 2013
LPD-3 La Salle New York NSY 8,051 61 2 Apr 1962 3 Aug 1963 21 Feb 1964 488 202 690 AGF-3 1972, sunk as target 2006
LPD-4 Austin New York NSY 10,000 62 4 Feb 1963 26 Jun 1964 5 Feb 1965 508 224 732 scrapped 2009
LPD-5 Ogden New York NSY 10,000 62 4 Feb 1963 27 Jun 1964 23 Sep 1965 509 453 962 sunk as target 2014
LPD-6 Duluth New York NSY 10,000 62 18 Dec 1963 14 Aug 1965 31 Jan 1966 605 170 775 scrapped 2013
LPD-7 Cleveland Ingalls 1106 10,000 63 30 Nov 1964 7 May 1966 3 Apr 1967 523 331 854 decommissioned 2011
LPD-8 Dubuque Ingalls 1107 10,000 63 25 Jan 1965 6 Aug 1966 21 Aug 1967 558 380 938 decommissioned 2011
LPD-9 Denver Lockheed 122 10,000 63 7 Feb 1964 23 Jan 1965 18 Oct 1968 351 1,364 1,715 decommissioned 2014
LPD-10 Juneau Lockheed 123 10,000 25 63 23 Jan 1965 12 Feb 1966 12 Jul 1969 385 1,246 1,631 decommissioned 2008
LPD-11 Coronado Lockheed 128 10,000 23 64 1 May 1965 1 Jul 1966 23 May 1970 426 1,422 1,848 AGF-11 1980, sunk as target 2012
LPD-12 Shreveport Lockheed 129 10,000 23 64 27 Dec 1965 22 Oct 1966 1 Dec 1970 299 1,501 1,800 decommissioned 2007
LPD-13 Nashville Lockheed 130 10,000 23 64 14 Mar 1966 7 Oct 1967 26 Dec 1969 572 811 1,383 decommissioned 2009
LPD-14 Trenton Lockheed 137 10,000 24 65 8 Aug 1966 3 Aug 1968 12 Feb 1971 726 923 1,649 to India 2007 as Jalashwa (L-41)
LPD-15 Ponce Lockheed 138 10,000 24 65 31 Oct 1966 20 May 1970 25 Jun 1971 1,297 401 1,698 AFSB-15 2012
LPD-17 San Antonio Avondale 2484 18,000 641 96 9 Dec 2000 12 Jul 2003 20 Jul 2005 945 739 1,684
LPD-18 New Orleans Avondale 2485 18,000 391 99 14 Oct 2002 11 Dec 2004 22 Dec 2006 789 741 1,530
LPD-19 Mesa Verde Ingalls 2486 18,000 492 00 25 Feb 2003 19 Nov 2004 28 Sep 2007 633 1,035 1,638
LPD-20 Green Bay Avondale 2487 18,000 478 00 11 Aug 2003 11 Aug 2006 29 Aug 2008 1,096 749 1,845
LPD-21 New York Avondale 2488 18,000 1,339 03 10 Sep 2004 19 Dec 2007 21 Aug 2009 1,268 611 1,879
LPD-22 San Diego Ingalls 2631 18,000 1,339 06 23 May 2007 7 May 2010 19 Dec 2011 1,080 591 1,671
LPD-23 Anchorage Avondale 2635 18,000 1,339 06 24 Sep 2007 12 Feb 2011 17 Sep 2012 1,232 609 1,841
LPD-24 Arlington Ingalls 2665 18,000 1,229 07 18 Dec 2008 23 Nov 2010 7 Dec 2012 705 744 1,449
LPD-25 Somerset Avondale 2606 18,000 1,229 08 11 Dec 2009 14 Apr 2012 18 Oct 2013 854 565 1,419
LPD-26 John P. Murtha Ingalls 2614 18,000 1,496 10 6 Feb 2012 30 Oct 2014 13 May 2016 966 561 1,527
LPD-27 Portland Ingalls 2617 18,000 1,514 12 20 May 2013 15 Feb 2016 18 Sep 2017 1,001 511 1,512
LPD-28 Fort Lauderdale Ingalls 18,000 1,514 16 19 Dec 2016 13 Oct 2017
LPD-29 Richard M McCool Jr Ingalls 18,000 18 planned
LPD-30-42 13 ships Flight II planned to replace LSDs
Landing Platform Helicopter (LPH)
LPH-1 Block Island 11,373 ex-CVE-106, conversion cancelled, scrapped 1960
LPH-2 Iwo Jima Puget Sound NSY 10,717 58 2 Apr 1959 17 Sep 1960 28 Jul 1961 534 314 848 scrapped 1995
LPH-3 Okinawa Philadelphia NSY 10,717 59 1 Apr 1960 19 Aug 1961 14 Apr 1962 505 238 743 sunk as target 2002
LPH-4 Boxer 27,000 15 Nov 1955 ex-CVS 21, scrapped 1971
LPH-5 Princeton 27,000 2 Mar 1959 ex-CVS 37, scrapped 1972
LPH-6 Thetis Bay 8,000 1 Jul 1955 ex-CVE-90, scrapped 1966
LPH-7 Guadalcanal Philadelphia NSY 10,717 60 1 Sep 1961 16 Mar 1963 9 Jul 1963 561 115 676 sunk as target 2005
LPH-8 Valley Forge 27,000 1 Jul 1961 ex-CVS 45, scrapped 1972
LPH-9 Guam Philadelphia NSY 10,717 61 15 Nov 1962 22 Aug 1964 4 Jan 1966 646 500 1,146 sunk as target 2001
LPH-10 Tripoli Ingalls 1105 10,717 63 15 Jun 1964 31 Jul 1965 20 Jul 1966 411 354 765 to US Army 1997
LPH-11 New Orleans Philadelphia NSY 10,717 65 1 Mar 1966 3 Feb 1968 14 Feb 1970 704 742 1,446 sunk as target 2010
LPH-12 Inchon Ingalls 1156 10,717 38 67 8 Apr 1968 24 May 1969 2 Jun 1970 411 374 785 MCS-12 1996, scuttled off Virginia Beach 2004
Landing Helicopter Attack (LHA)
LHA-1 Tarawa Ingalls 4101 25,588 112 69 15 Nov 1971 1 Dec 1973 29 May 1976 747 910 1,657 decommissioned 2009
LHA-2 Saipan Ingalls 4102 25,588 112 70 21 Jul 1972 18 Jul 1974 15 Oct 1977 727 1,185 1,912 scrapped 2011
LHA-3 Belleau Wood Ingalls 4103 25,588 112 70 5 Mar 1973 11 Apr 1977 23 Sep 1978 1,498 530 2,028 sunk as target 2006
LHA-4 Nassau Ingalls 4104 25,588 112 71 13 Aug 1973 21 Jan 1978 28 Jul 1979 1,622 553 2,175 decommissioned 2011
LHA-5 Peleliu Ingalls 4105 25,588 112 71 26 Nov 1976 25 Nov 1978 5 Mar 1980 729 466 1,195
LHA-6 America Ingalls 7306 45,000 2,400 08 27 Apr 2009 4 Jun 2012 10 Apr 2014 1,130 678 1,808
LHA-7 Tripoli Ingalls 7307 45,000 2,381 12 5 Mar 2014 1 May 2017 1,150
LHA-8 Bougainville Ingalls 7308 45,000 3,133
LHA-9 Ingalls 7309 45,000 planned
LHA-10 Ingalls 7310 45,000 planned
Landing Helicopter Dock (LHD)
LHD-1 Wasp Ingalls 7103 28,233 822 84 30 May 1985 4 Aug 1987 5 May 1989 796 640 1,436
LHD-2 Essex Ingalls 7201 28,200 402 86 20 Mar 1989 23 Feb 1991 10 Jul 1992 705 503 1,208
LHD-3 Kearsarge Ingalls 7202 28,233 353 88 6 Feb 1990 26 Mar 1992 16 Aug 1993 779 508 1,287
LHD-4 Boxer Ingalls 7203 28,233 341 89 18 Apr 1991 7 Aug 1993 21 Nov 1994 842 471 1,313
LHD-5 Bataan Ingalls 7205 28,233 731 91 22 Jun 1994 15 Mar 1996 23 Jun 1997 632 465 1,097
LHD-6 Bonhomme Richard Ingalls 7206 28,233 761 93 18 Apr 1995 14 Mar 1997 12 May 1998 696 424 1,120
LHD-7 Iwo Jima Ingalls 7207 28,233 795 96 12 Dec 1997 25 Mar 2000 6 Apr 2001 834 377 1,211
LHD-8 Makin Island Ingalls 7208 28,233 1,408 02 14 Feb 2004 22 Sep 2006 16 Apr 2009 951 937 1,888
Landing Command Control (LCC)
LCC-19 Blue Ridge Philadelphia NSY 13,038 75 65 27 Feb 1967 4 Jan 1969 14 Nov 1970 427 679 1,106 ex-AGC-19
LCC-20 Mount Whitney Newport News 593 12,815 36 66 8 Jan 1969 8 Jan 1970 16 Jan 1971 365 373 738 ex-AGC-20
Landing Ship, Vehicle (LSV)
LSV-1 Willamette I & S Portland OR June 1944 Catskill, ex-AP-106, ex-CM-6, scrapped 1973
LSV-2 Willamette I & S Portland OR Sep 1944 Ozark, ex-AP-107, ex-CM-7, to USAF-1975, sunk by mistake 1981
LSV-3 Ingalls SB Pascagoula MS Dec 1944 Osage, ex-AP-108, ex-AN-3, MCS-3 1956, scrapped 1974
LSV-4 Ingalls SB Pascagoula MS Feb 1945 Saugus, ex-AP-109, ex-AN-4, MCS-4 1956, scrapped 1976
LSV-5 Ingalls SB Pascagoula MS Mar 1944 Monitor, ex-AP-160, ex-AN-1, MCS-5 1956, scrapped 1970s
LSV-6 Ingalls SB Pascagoula MS Mar 1944 Montauk, ex-AP-161, ex-AN-2, Galilea (AKN-6) 1946, scrapped 1973
Other
CLC-1 Northampton Bethlehem Steel 1612 12,429 28 Feb 1953 scrapped 1980
IFS-1 Carronade Lockheed 97 1,500 49 26 May 1953 later IFR-1: scrapped 1974

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