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| History | |
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| Name | USS Rushmore |
| Namesake | Mount Rushmore National Memorial |
| Ordered | 11 December 1985 |
| Builder | Avondale Shipyards |
| Cost | $149 million |
| Laid down | 9 November 1987 |
| Launched | 6 May 1989 |
| Sponsored by | Mrs. Meredith Brokaw |
| Christened | 6 May 1989 |
| Commissioned | 1 June 1991 |
| Homeport | Sasebo |
| Motto | Nobility Power |
| Status | in active service |
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| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Whidbey Island-class dock landing ship |
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| Length | 609 ft (186 m) |
| Beam | 84 ft (26 m) |
| Draft | 20 ft (6.1 m) |
| Propulsion | 4 Colt Industries, 16-cylinder diesel engines, 2 shafts, 33,000 shp (25 MW) |
| Speed | 20+ knots (37+ km/h) |
| Boats & landing craft carried | 4 LCAC or 3 Landing Craft Utility (on deck: 1 RHIB (7m), 1 RHIB (11m), and 1 LCPL) |
| Troops | USMC Landing Force: 27 officers, 375 enlisted + 102 surge |
| Crew | 22 officers, 391 enlisted |
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| Aviation facilities | 2 helicopter landing spots, no hangar |
USS Rushmore (LSD-47) is a Whidbey Island-class dock landing ship of the United States Navy. She was the second navy ship to be named for the Mount Rushmore National Memorial in the Black Hills of South Dakota. She is the seventh ship in her class of dock landing ships and the fourth ship in that class to serve in the United States Pacific Fleet.
Rushmore was laid down on 9 November 1987, by the Avondale Shipyards, New Orleans; launched on 6 May 1989, sponsored by Mrs. Meredith Brokaw, wife of NBC News anchorman Tom Brokaw; and commissioned on 1 June 1991, at New Orleans.