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USS Rushmore (LSD-47)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Delta - Xray - Whiskey
 NDXW
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Joint Meritorious Unit Award - Navy Meritorious Unit Commendation
Bottom Row - Navy Battle "E" Ribbon (2) - National Defense Service Medal - Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal (Somalia)
Whidbey Island Class Dock Landing Ship:
  • Laid down, 11 September 1987, at Avondale Shipbuilding New Orleans, LA.
  • Launched, 6 May 1989
  • Commissioned USS Rushmore (LSD-47), 1 June 1991
  • Rushmore is assigned to COMSURFPAC Amphibious Group Three and is homeported at San Diego, CA.
    Specifications:
    Displacement 11,471 t.(lt), 16,360 t.(fl)
    Length 609' 7"
    Beam 84'
    Draft 19' 2"
    Speed 20+kts,
    Complement 24 Officers, 327 Enlisted
    Troop Capacity 25 Officers, 475 Enlisted
    Aircraft helicopters (Flight Deck, 2 spots)
    Boats (Well Deck Capacity) up to five LCAC's
    Armament
    two (mk15 mod1) Phalanx (CIWS) 20mm Vulcan cannon gun mounts
    two (mk16) 25mm Bushmaster chain gun mounts
    six .50 cal machine guns
    Propulsion four Colt Industries PC2.5V 16 cylinder diesels, 2 shafts, combined 33,000SHP
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    Rushmore 71k USS Rushmore (LSD-47) steams out of San Diego Bay, 6 January 2003, as she departs on a scheduled six-month deployment.
    US Navy Newsstand photo # 030106-N-0226M-004 by PHCS Mahlon K. Miller.    		 Bernard A. Cardali USS LST-308
    Rushmore 25k USS Rushmore (LSD-47) underway off the Hawaiian Islands, date unknown. USS Rushmore (LSD-47) web site
    Rushmore 66k USS Rushmore (LSD-47) steams out of San Diego Bay, 6 January 2003, as she departs on a scheduled six-month deployment.
    US Navy Newsstand photo # 030106-N-0226M-003 by PHCS Mahlon K. Miller.    		 Bernard A. Cardali USS LST-308
    Rushmore 105k USS Rushmore (LSD-47) leaves Pearl Harbor, 28 June 2002, to participate in exercise "Rim of the Pacific" (RIMPAC) 2002.
    US Navy Newsstand photo # 020628-N-3228G-001 by PH1 William R. Goodwin.    		 Bernard A. Cardali USS LST-308
    Rushmore 380k USS Rushmore (LSD-47) moored at the Mole Pier Naval Station San Diego, CA., 8 January 2006. Photo by Richard Miller BMCS USNR Ret.
    Rushmore 1830k USS Rushmore (LSD-47) moored pierside at Naval Station, San Diego, CA., January 2008. Photo by Richard Miller BMCS USNR Ret.
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