U.S. Amphibious Fleet - 2009

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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)     ex-LPD 11	1970	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)			8 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		see Comm'd Ship
LHD-8	Makin Island   pic	2007,8,9	844	40,500	MS to San Diego Delv 06May'09	spec comm 26Jun'09 Comm 24Oct'09
Amphibious Assault Ship (General Purpose)			3 ships	Landing, Helicopter Assault
LHA-1	Tarawa	1976	820	40,000	San Francisco	Decomm Mar'09
LHA-4	Nassau	1979	820	40,700	Norfolk
LHA-5	Peleliu pic	1980	820	39,400	San Diego
LHA-6	America	2013	844	45,000	Design Jun'07	Keel 17July'09
Transport Dock			10 ships	Landing, Personnel Transport Dock
LPD-7	Cleveland	1967	570	17,300	San Diego	to decomm 2010
LPD-9	Denver	1968	570	17,400	San Diego
LPD-10	Juneau pic	1969	570	17,300	Sasebo, Japan	Decomm 31Oct'08
LPD-13	Nashville	1970	570	17,500	Norfolk	possible sale to India
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	2006Jan	684	25,000	Norfolk	Flag, anti-pirate, 2009
LPD-18	New Orleans  pic	2007Mar	684	25,000	San Diego
LPD-19	Mesa Verde	2007Dec	684	25,000	Norfolk
LPD-20	Green Bay	2009Jan	684	24,900	San Diego	Comm 24Jan'09
LPD-21	New York  pic PIC	2009Nov	684	25,000	3Jul09 Builder Trials Deliver Aug'09	Comm 7Nov'09 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	Keel Dec'08
LPD-25	Somerset	2011	684	25,000	named Sep'04	construction
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 :		35 ships
Landing Craft, Air Cushioned		91 craft
LCAC		1987	88	87	LSD, others
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
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		8 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 as BRP MARIANO ALVAREZ (PS 38) . Two to returned to Navy 2008, others to return 2011

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) .
10th Cyber Command -- Fort Mead, MD. "the Navy is bringing together the resource sponsorship for all of our information-related capabilities into one entity and that will include intelligence, networks, electronic warfare, cyber, meteorology and oceanography, space and unmanned systems."

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Sasebo, Japan serves Task Force 76, the U.S. 7th Fleet's amphibious force. Operating in the Western Pacific and the Indian Ocean, the U.S. 7th Fleet is the largest of the forward-deployed U.S. fleets covering 48 million square miles, with approximately 60-70 ships, 200-300 aircraft, and 40,000 Sailors and Marines assigned at any time.

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Expeditionary Strike Group 2 - East Coast
Wasp (LHD 1), Kearsarge (LHD 3), Bataan (LHD 5), Iwo Jima (LHD 7),
Nassau (LHA 4)
New York (LPD 21), San Antonio (LPD 17), Mesa Verde (LPD 19), Ponce (LPD 15).
Whidbey Island (LSD 41), Fort McHenry (LSD 43), Gunston Hall (LSD 44), Ashland (LSD 48), Carter Hall (LSD 50), Oak Hill (LSD 51).

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