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NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive

Contributed by Mike Smolinski

USS Pearl Harbor (LSD-52)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Papa - Foxtrot - Romeo NPFR

Harpers Ferry Class Dock Landing Ship:

Laid down, 27 January 1995, at Avondale Industries, New Orleans, LA.

Launched, 24 February 1996

Commissioned USS Pearl Harbor (LSD-52), 30 May 1998

USS Pearl Harbor is assigned to COMNAVSURFPAC

Specifications:
Displacement 11,604 t.(lt) 16,601 t.(fl)
Length 609' 7"
Beam 84'
Draft 20' 4" (max)
Speed 20+kts.
Complement 22 Officers, 327 Enlisted
Troop Accommodations 27 Officers, 473 Enlisted
Aircraft, helicopters (Flight Deck, 2 spots)
Boats (Well Deck Capacity) two LCAC's
Armament

two (mk15 mod1) Phalanx (CIWS) 20 mm Vulcan cannon gun mounts

two (mk16) 25 mm Bushmaster chain gun mounts

six .50 cal machine guns

two Rolling Airframe Missile (RAM) launchers

six Super Rapid Blooming Outboard Chaff launchers
Propulsion four Colt-Pielstick 16 cylinder diesels, 2 shafts, combined SHP 33,000

Size	Image Description	Contributed By
53k	Pearl Harbor (LSD-52) launching, 24 February 1996 at Avondale Industries, New Orleans US Navy photo	.
52k	Pearl Harbor (LSD-52) nearing completion at Avondale Industries, New Orleans	.
79k	*USS Pearl Harbor* (LSD-52) entering Pearl Harbor Naval Station. USS Missouri (BB-63) and USS Arizona (BB-39)** Memorial ahead and to port of USS Pearl Harbor. US Navy photo	.
59k	*USS Pearl Harbor* (LSD-52)** pulls into San Diego Harbor on her way to her berth at Naval Station San Diego with her Sailors "manning the rails.", 26 July 2003. USS Pearl Harbor is part of the seven-ship *Amphibious Task Force West (ATF-W), returning home after supporting U.S. and coalition forces during Operation Iraqi Freedom US Navy photo # 030726-N-0226M-009* by PHCS Mahlon K. Miller.	Bill Gonyo
74k	*USS Pearl Harbor* (LSD-52)** departs her homeport of San Diego, CA., for routine work-up training, 9 February 2004. US Navy photo # 040209-N-8158F-001 by PHAN Roland Franklin.	.
131k	*USS Pearl Harbor* (LSD-52)** underway off Oahu, Hawaii as she prepares to enter Pearl Harbor, HI. for a brief port visit, 22 July 2005. USS Pearl Harbor is currently on deployment as part of Expeditionary Strike Group One (ESG-1) in support of the Global War on Terrorism. US Navy photo # 050722-N-3019M-005 by JO3 Ryan C. McGinley.	.
85k	*USS Pearl Harbor* (LSD-52)** arrives for her first Mediterranean port visit at Souda Bay, Crete, 16 September 2005. USS Pearl Harbor is assigned to Expeditionary Strike Group One (ESG-1). US Navy photo # 050916-N-0780F-001 by Mr. Paul Farley.	Chet Morris
315k	*USS Pearl Harbor* (LSD-52)** moored pierside at Naval Station San Diego, CA., July 2006.	Photo by Richard Miller BMCS USNR Ret.
317k	*USS Pearl Harbor* (LSD-52)** moored at Broadway Pier, San Diego, CA., during Fleet Week, October 2006.	Photo by Richard Miller BMCS USNR Ret.
389k	*USS Pearl Harbor* (LSD-52)** moored at Broadway Pier, San Diego, CA., during Fleet Week, October 2006.	Photo by Richard Miller BMCS USNR Ret.
424k	*USS Pearl Harbor* (LSD-52)** moored at Broadway Pier, San Diego, CA., during Fleet Week, October 2006.	Photo by Richard Miller BMCS USNR Ret.
1252k	Friends and family members watch as *USS Pearl Harbor* (LSD-52)** returns home to San Diego following a deployment to Central and South America in support of Partnership of the Americas 2007 US Navy photo # 070926-N-8421M-005 SAN DIEGO (Sept. 26, 2007) by MC1 David C. Mercil.	Navy Newsstand
1906k	*USS Pearl Harbor* (LSD-52)** moored at Naval Station San Diego, CA., January 2008.	Photo by Richard Miller BMCS USNR Ret.