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USS Inchon (MCS-12)
USS Inchon in the Gulf of Mexico, 2001
History
USS InchonUnited States
NameInchon
NamesakeBattle of Inchon
Ordered16 June 1966
BuilderIngalls Shipbuilding
Laid down8 April 1968
Launched24 May 1969
Commissioned20 June 1970
Decommissioned20 June 2002
ReclassifiedMCS-12
Stricken24 May 2004
Identification
  • Callsign: NOUD
  • Hull number: LPH-12
MottoNever More Brightly
FateSunk as target, 5 December 2004
General characteristics
Class and typeIwo Jima-class amphibious assault ship
Displacement19,500 tons
Length603.65 ft (183.99 m)
Beam104 ft (32 m)
Draft25.9 ft (7.9 m)
Installed power
  • 2 × 600 psi (4.1 MPa) boilers
  • 22,000 shp (16,000 kW)
PropulsionOne geared steam turbine, one shaft,
Speed21 knots (39 km/h; 24 mph)
Complement1,443 (122 officer, 1,321 enlisted)
Armament
  • Initially:
  • 2 × 2 3-inch (76 mm) / 50 caliber DP guns,
  • 8 cell Sea Sparrow BPDMS launchers,
  • Later:
  • 2 × Phalanx CIWS
  • 4 × .50 cal (12.7 mm) lightweight guns
  • Stinger missiles
Aircraft carried(MCS-12 configuration) 8 × MH-53E Sea Stallion, 2 × UH-46D Sea Knight

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.

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