USS Rushmore (LSD-47)

USS Rushmore (LSD-47), leaving San Diego, 6 January 2003.
History
United States
NameUSS Rushmore
NamesakeMount Rushmore National Memorial
Ordered11 December 1985
BuilderAvondale Shipyards
Cost$149 million
Laid down9 November 1987
Launched6 May 1989
Sponsored byMrs. Meredith Brokaw
Christened6 May 1989
Commissioned1 June 1991
HomeportSasebo
MottoNobility Power
Statusin active service
Badge
General characteristics
Class and typeWhidbey Island-class dock landing ship
Displacement
  • 10,560 tons (light)
  • 15,165 tons (full)
Length609 ft (186 m)
Beam84 ft (26 m)
Draft20 ft (6.1 m)
Propulsion4 Colt Industries, 16-cylinder diesel engines, 2 shafts, 33,000 shp (25 MW)
Speed20+ 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)
TroopsUSMC Landing Force: 27 officers, 375 enlisted + 102 surge
Crew22 officers, 391 enlisted
Armament
Aviation facilities2 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.