&sq=&lang=&file=File:USS_Germantown_(LSD-42).jpg) USS Germantown passing the Coronado Bridge in San Diego Bay in August 2003.
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| History | |
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 United States | |
| Name | Germantown |
| Namesake | Battle of Germantown |
| Ordered | 26 March 1982 |
| Builder | Lockheed Shipbuilding |
| Laid down | 5 August 1982 |
| Launched | 29 June 1984 |
| Commissioned | 8 February 1986 |
| Homeport | San Diego, California |
| Motto | Folgen Sie unseren Fusspuren! (Follow in Our Footsteps) |
| Status | in active service |
| Badge | &sq=&lang=&file=File:USS_Germantown_LSD-42_Crest.png) |
| General characteristics | |
| 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 to five) of any US Navy amphibious platform.