USS Inchon
USS Inchon in the Gulf of Mexico, 2001 | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United States | |
| Name | Inchon |
| Namesake | Battle of Inchon |
| Ordered | 16 June 1966 |
| Builder | Ingalls Shipbuilding |
| Laid down | 8 April 1968 |
| Launched | 24 May 1969 |
| Commissioned | 20 June 1970 |
| Decommissioned | 20 June 2002 |
| Reclassified | MCS-12 |
| Stricken | 24 May 2004 |
| Identification |
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| Motto | Never More Brightly |
| Fate | Sunk as target, 5 December 2004 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Iwo Jima-class amphibious assault ship |
| Displacement | 19,500 tons |
| Length | 603.65 ft (183.99 m) |
| Beam | 104 ft (32 m) |
| Draft | 25.9 ft (7.9 m) |
| Installed power |
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| Propulsion | One geared steam turbine, one shaft, |
| Speed | 21 knots (39 km/h; 24 mph) |
| Complement | 1,443 (122 officer, 1,321 enlisted) |
| Armament |
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| Aircraft carried | (MCS-12 configuration) 8 × Sikorsky MH-53E Sea Dragon, 2 × UH-46D Sea Knight |
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USS Inchon (LPH/MCS-12) was an Iwo Jima-class amphibious assault ship of the United States Navy in service from 1970 to 2002. Following a major fire, she was laid up and sunk as a target in 2004.