USS Germantown (LSD-42)
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USS Germantown sailing through Californian waters in August 2003.
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 United States of America
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| Name: | Germantown |
| Namesake: | Battle of Germantown |
| Ordered: | 26 March 1982 |
| Laid down: | 5 August 1982 |
| Launched: | 29 June 1984 |
| Commissioned: | 8 February 1986 |
| Homeport: | Sasebo, Japan |
| Motto: | Follow in Our Footsteps |
| Status: | in active service |
| Badge: |  |
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| Class and type: | Whidbey Island-class dock landing ship |
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| Length: | 610 ft (190 m) |
| Beam: | 84 ft (26 m) |
| Draft: | 21 ft (6.4 m) |
| Propulsion: | 4 Colt Industries, 16-cylinder diesel engines, 2 shafts, 33,000 shp (25,000 kW) |
| Speed: | over 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph) |
| Boats & landing craft carried: |
5 LCACs |
| Troops: | Marine detachment: 402 + 102 surge |
| Complement: | 22 officers, 391 enlisted |
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USS Germantown (LSD-42) is the second Whidbey Island-class dock landing ship in the United States Navy. She is the second navy ship named after the Revolutionary War Battle of Germantown.
Germantown was the first ship in the class to serve in the Pacific. The amphibious ship's mission is to project power ashore by transporting and launching amphibious craft and vehicles loaded with embarked Marines in support of an amphibious assault. The ship was designed specifically to operate with Landing Craft Air Cushion (LCAC) vessels. She has the largest capacity for these landing craft (four) of any US Navy amphibious platform.
The navy ordered USS Germantown on 26 March 1982. Four years later, on 8 February 1986, the ship was commissioned. In 1990–1991, she played a significant role during Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm. The ship participated in mock amphibious assaults in Oman after the start of the air war in preparation for a possible amphibious assault.
On 16 August 2002, Harpers Ferry relieved Germantown as a forward-deployed naval unit at Sasebo, Japan. Germantown returned to San Diego, California, where she underwent a US$25 million overhaul. One year later, the ship deployed to the Persian Gulf as part of Expeditionary Strike Group One. Germantown supported Operation Iraqi Freedom by landing Marines and equipment from the 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit.
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