U.S. Amphibious Fleet - 2008

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AMPHIBIOUS
Type-ID	Name	Service   date	Length feet	Tons     (full )	Home Port
Command Ship - AGF			1 ship
AGF-11	Coronado (3rd Fleet, Pacific)	1970 ex-LPD 11	570 feet 21 knots	16,912 tons 2 helos	San Diego, CA
Amphibious Command Ships			2 ships	Landing, Command Ships
LCC-19	Blue Ridge (7th Fleet, WPac)	1970	635	19,300	Yokosuka, Japan
LCC-20	Mount Whitney [pic] (6th Fleet, NATO)	1971	635	19,700	Gaeta, Italy
LHD- 7	Iwo Jima (2nd Fleet, Atlantic)	2001	844	40,500	Norfolk
Amphibious Assault Ship (Multi-Purpose)			6 ships	Landing, Helicopter Dock
LHD-1	Wasp	1989	844	41,100	Norfolk
LHD-2	Essex	1992	844	40,200	Sasebo, Japan
LHD-3	Kearsarge	1993	844	40,500	Norfolk
LHD-4	Boxer   pic	1994	844	40,700	San Diego
LHD-5	Bataan pic	1997	844	40,300	Norfolk
LHD-6	Bonhomme Richard pic	1998	844	40,400	San Diego
LHD-7	Iwo Jima pic	2001	844	40,500	Norfolk
LHD-8	Makin Island	2007,8,9	844	40,500	chr 18Aug'06	to comm 14Nov'08 Summer'09	San Diego
Amphibious Assault Ship (General Purpose)			4 ships	Landing, Helicopter Assault
LHA-1	Tarawa	1976	820	40,000	San Francisco	to decomm Mar'09
LHA-2	Saipan pic	1977	820	40,900	Norfolk	decomm 20Apr'07
LHA-4	Nassau	1979	820	40,700	Norfolk
LHA-5	Peleliu pic	1980	820	39,400	San Diego
Amphibious Transport Dock			10 ships	Landing, Personnel Transport Dock
LPD-5	Ogden	1965	569	17,300	San Diego	decomm 21Feb'07
LPD-7	Cleveland	1967	570	17,300	San Diego
LPD-8	Dubuque pic	1967	570	17,200	San Diego
LPD-9	Denver	1968	570	17,400	San Diego
LPD-10	Juneau pic	1969	570	17,300	Sasebo, Japan
LPD-12	Shreveport	1970	570	17,000	Norfolk
LPD-13	Nashville	1970	570	17,500	Norfolk
LPD-15	Ponce pic	1971	570	16,600	Norfolk
LPD-16	Chung Cheng	1971	Republic of China comm as Hsuhai July 1971
LPD-17*	12 planned
LPD-17	San Antonio pic	2006	684	25,000	Norfolk
LPD-18	New Orleans  pic	2007	684	25,000	San Diego	Comm 10Mar'07
LPD-19	Mesa Verde	2007	684	25,000	Christen 15Jan'05.	Comm 15Dec'07
LPD-20	Green Bay	2008	684	25,000	Christen 15Jul'06	to comm Spring'08
LPD-21	New York  pic PIC	2009	684	25,000	Christen 1Mar'08	20T steel from WTC
LPD-22	San Diego	2010	684	25,000	named May'04	Construction'06
LPD-23	Anchorage	2010	684	25,000	named Aug'04	Construction'06
LPD-24	Arlington	2011	684	25,000	named Sep'04
LPD-25	Somerset	2011	684	25,000	named Sep'04
Dock Landing Ship			12 ships
LSD-41*	Whidbey Island	1985	609	16,000	Norfolk (Little Creek)
LSD-42	Germantown	1986	610	16,400	San Diego
LSD-43	Fort McHenry	1987	610	16,200	Little Creek
LSD-44	Gunston Hall	1989	610	16,600	Norfolk (Little Creek)
LSD-45	Comstock	1990	610	16,200	San Diego
LSD-46	Tortuga	1990	610	16,600	Sasebo, Japan
LSD-47	Rushmore pic	1991	610	16,300	San Diego
LSD-48	Ashland	1992	610	15,900	Norfolk (Little Creek)
LSD-49*	Harpers Ferry	1995	609	16,700	Sasebo, Japan
LSD-50	Carter Hall pic	1995	610	16,600	Norfolk (Little Creek)
LSD-51	Oak Hill	1996	610	16,400	Norfolk (Little Creek)
LSD-52	Pearl Harbor	1998	610	16,100	San Diego, CA
TOTAL :		37 ships
Mine Countermeasures		9 ships	Wood hull
MCM-5	Guardian	1989	224	1,370	Sasebo, Japan
MCM-6	Devastator	1990	224	1,374	Ingleside, TX
MCM-7	Patriot	1991	224	1,373	Sasebo, Japan
MCM-8	Scout	1990	224	1,371	Ingleside, TX
MCM-9	Pioneer	1992	224	1,388	Ingleside, TX
MCM-10	Warrior	1993	224	1,374	Ingleside, TX
MCM-11	Gladiator	1993	224	1,400	Manana, Bahrain
MCM-12	Ardent	1994	224	1,406	Manana, Bahrain	*
MCM-13	Dextrous	1994	224	1,416	Manana, Bahrain	*
MCM-14	Chief	1994	224	1,450	Ingleside, TX
	* -- one of these sold to Egypt
LOCAL SUPPORT FORCE
Minehunter, Coastal		2 ships	Plastic hull
MHC-60	Cardinal	1997	188	920	Manama, Bahrain
MHC-61	Raven	1998	188	880	Manama, Bahrain
Patrol, Coastal		11 ships	4 O, 24 E		2- 25mm, 5- .50
PC-3	Hurricane	1993	170	334	San Diego
PC-5	Typhoon	1993	170	334	Norfolk (Little Creek)
PC-6	Sirocco	1994	170	334	Norfolk (Little Creek)
PC-7	Squall	1994	170	334	San Diego
PC-9	Chinook	1995	170	334	Norfolk (Little Creek)
PC-10	Firebolt	1995	170	334	Norfolk (Little Creek)
PC-11	Whirlwind	1995	170	334	Norfolk (Little Creek)
PC-12	Thunderbolt	1995	170	334	Norfolk (Little Creek)

# - Five PCs lease-transfered to Coast Guard as homeland security cutters. They have been operating with USCG law enforcement detachments since Nov'01. Tempest, Shamal and Tornado will move home port to Pascagoula; Monsoon and Zephyr continue to be stationed in San Diego. Only 4 seem to have been transferred. Cyclone (PC-1) sold to Philippines.

NUMBERED FLEETS
2nd Atlantic, Norfolk, on Iwo Jima (LHD 7)
3rd Pacific, San Diego, on Coronado (AGF-11) . Mostly civilian crew.
4th Latin America, Mayport, reestablished April 2008
5th Central (Middle East), ashore, Bahran
6th Europe, Gaeta, Italy on Mt Whitney (LCC-20). Half civilian.
7th Pacific (Western), Yokosuka, Japan, on Blue Ridge (LCC-19) .

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