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USS Harpers Ferry (LSD-49)
| Career | 
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|---|---|
| Awarded: | 17 June 1988 |
| Laid down: | 15 April 1991 |
| Launched: | 16 January 1993 |
| Commissioned: | 7 January 1995 |
| Status: | |
| Homeport: | FA Sasebo, Japan |
| General Characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 11,604 tons (light), 16,601 tons (full) |
| Length: | 610 ft overall (185.9 m) |
| Beam: | 84 ft (25.6 m) |
| Draft: | 21 ft (6.4 m) |
| Propulsion: | 4 Colt Industries , 16 cylinder diesel engines, 2 shafts, 33,000 shp (25 MW) |
| Speed: | 20+ knots (37+ km/h) |
| Complement: | 22 officers, 397 enlisted; Marine Detachment: 402 plus 102 surge |
| Armament: | 2 × 25 mm Mk-38 guns; 2 × 20 mm Phalanx CIWS mounts; 2 × Rolling Airframe Missile launchers 6 × .50 cal. machine guns |
| Landing Craft: | 2 LCACs |
| Motto: | First in Freedom |
USS Harpers Ferry (LSD-49) is a Harpers Ferry-class dock landing ship of the United States Navy. She was named for Harpers Ferry, Virginia, a significant location during the Civil War.
Harpers Ferry was laid down on 15 April 1991, by the Avondale Shipyards, New Orleans, La.; launched on 16 January 1993; and commissioned on 7 January 1995.
On 1 September 2002, Harpers Ferry relieved Germantown (LSD-42) as a forward-deployed naval unit in FA Sasebo, Japan.
As of 2005, Harpers Ferry is commanded by CDR Humberto L. Quintanilla II, forward deployed at Sasebo, Japan, and assigned to Amphibious Group 1 .
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