Harpers Ferry class dock landing ship
- Harpers Ferry class dock landing ship
The "Harpers Ferry" class of the United States Navy is a class of dock landing ships completed in the early 1990s. Modified from the "Whidbey Island" class, it loses landing craft capacity for more cargo space, making it closer to an amphibious transport dock type, but was not designated as such. Externally, the two classes can be told apart by the order of weapons. The "Harper's Ferry" type has the Phalanx CIWS mounted forward, and the RAM launcher on top of the bridge, while the "Whidbey Island" has the other arrangement.
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* [http://www.navy.mil/navydata/fact_display.asp?cid=4200&tid=1000&ct=4 US Navy Type Information]
*Hutchinson, R. (2002) "Jane's Warship Recognition Guide" HaperCollins: London, New York.
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