USS Harpers Ferry (LSD-49) is the lead ship of her class of landing ship dock of the United States Navy. This warship was named for the town of Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, which, because of the U.S. arsenal there, was an important location during the Civil War. USS Harpers Ferry is assigned to the Navy's "Amphibious Group 1".

SAN DIEGO – Amphibious dock landing ship USS Harpers Ferry (LSD 49) returned to homeport in San Diego, following a seven-month deployment in the U.S. 7th and 3rd Fleet areas of operations...

USS Harpers Ferry (LSD-49) is the lead ship of its class of landing ship dock of the United States Navy. Harpers Ferry's keel was laid down on 15 April 1991, at the Avondale Shipyards in New...

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Modified from the Whidbey Island class, the design sacrifices landing craft capacity for more cargo space, making it closer to an amphibious transport dock type, but was not designated as such.

Vessel USS Harpers Ferry (LSD-49) NATO WARSHIP is a military ops ship waving the flag of United States of America. Her IMO number is 1 and MMSI number is 338830000. Main ship specifications are length of 186 m and beam of 26 m.

Mar 19, 2010 · The Harpers Ferry (LSD 49) is the first of four Cargo Variant (CV) of the Whidbey Island-class dock landing ships and is named for the town of Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, which, because of the Federal arsenal there, was an important location during the Civil War.

USS HARPERS FERRY (LSD 49) was built by Avondale Industries in New Orleans, Louisiana. It was commissioned on January 7, 1995, the first of the United States Navy's four new cargo variants of the Whidbey Island Class (LSD 41) of Landing Dock Ships.

USS Harpers Ferry (LSD 49) USS HARPERS FERRY is the first of four new cargo variants to the WHIDBEY ISLAND class of dock landing ships. The HARPERS FERRY class is also called LSD 41(CV) class.