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Amphibious assault shipsIn service
Dock landing ship
Whidbey Island-class dock landing ship is a dock landing ship. It was built by Lockheed Shipbuilding and Construction Company. Reported operators include United States Navy.
USS Germantown LSD-42 · source-pictured underway exterior
U.S. Navy photo by Photographer’s Mate 2nd Class Alan D. Monyelle. (RELEASED) · Public domain · Resized / optimised · Public domain · Source ↗ · ModifiedWhidbey Island class
Lockheed Shipbuilding and Construction Company
United States Navy
Anchorage class
Harpers Ferry class
$250m
1985–present
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Dock landing ship
16,100 tons
609 ft (186 m)
84 ft (26 m)
19 ft 6 in (5.94 m)
4 Colt Industries, 16-cylinder diesel engines, 2 shafts, 33,000 shp (25,000 kW)
over 20 kn (37 km/h; 23 mph)
4+1 LCACs or 21 LCM-6s or up to 36 Amphibious Assault Vehicles AAV or 3 LCUs.
on deck: one LCM-6, two LCPL and one LCVP
30 officers, 300+ enlisted Embarked Marine complement: up to 504
2 × 25 mm Mk 38 cannons 2 × 20 mm Phalanx CIWS mounts 1 / 2 × Rolling Airframe Missile launchers 6 × .50 caliber M2HB machine guns
Large helicopter platform aft, no hangar
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True scale
Sourced dimensions beside a 1.75 m human reference.
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| Observation / report period | Value | Source | Claim state |
|---|---|---|---|
| 29 Sept 2026 | 26 m | Wikipedia contributors | superseded |
| 29 Sept 2026 | 26 m | Wikipedia contributors | approved |
Whidbey Island-class dock landing ship equipment records. Variants, orders and quantities are shown as reported in each inventory source; coverage is incomplete.
US Navy exact named equipment holdings: Whidbey Island. Active, operational-reserve and training units excluding equipment in store; November 2025 IISS assessment. Named service only; no parent-force or national total inferred. Source role: PRINCIPAL AMPHIBIOUS SHIPS / LSD. Original estimates, ranges, reporting names, reserve, lease and employment scopes retained; nested included counts are not added. Missile-system quantities mean launchers, not rounds. No readiness, crew, carried weapon, payload, factory-production or future order count inherited.