LPH-12 Inchon

Country:  United States

Class, [Type]: Iwo Jima, [LPH].

Builder: Ingalls, Pascagoula, Mississipi, U.S.A.

Launch date: 24 May 1969.

Commission date: 20 June 1970.

Decommission date: 20 June 2002.

Displacement ( tons ): 10.722, 19.500 full load.

Dimensions ( metres ): 183,7 x 25,6 x 7,9

Main machinery: 2 x Combustion Engineering boilers, 1 x General Electric turbine ( 22.000 hp ).

Speed ( knots ): 23.

Complement: 754 ( 55 officers ) + 1.746 ( 144 officers ).

Guns: 4 x 76mm/50 ( 2 x twin Mk33 ), 2 x Mk15 CIWS 20mm, 4 x 12,7mm.

Missiles:  SAM: 2 x 8-cell Mk25 launchers ( Sea Sparrow missiles ).

Radar: Air search: 1 x SPS-58 3D, 1 x SPS-40, E/F bands, range 320km; Surface: 1 x SPS-10; Navigation: 1 x LN-66; Fire Control: 2 x Mk 90 ( for CIWS ), 2 x Mk155 ( for Sea Sparrow ).

Countermeasures: Decoys: 4 x Loral Hycor SRBOC Mk36, infrared flares and chaff; ESM/ECM: SLQ32, combined radar intercept, jammer and deception system.

Helicopter: 7 x CH46 ( deck ) + 20 CH46 ( hangar ) or 4 x CH53 ( deck ) + 11 x CH53 ( hangar ), or various combinations of helicopters.

Aviation: Can operate AV-8A Harrier aircraft by removing some helicopters accordingly.

Callsign: NOUD ()

Comment: Sunk as target 5th December 2004.

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