We’re proud to welcome USS Harpers Ferry (LSD-49) to LA Fleet Week 2025. This vessel will be open for public tours daily between 10:00 AM and 3:00 PM during LA Fleet Week. Please refer to our FAQ page for rules and restrictions for boarding the ships.
Builder: Avondale Shipyards
Laid down:15 April 1991
Launched: 16 January 1993
Commissioned: 7 January 1995
Homeport: San Diego, California
Hull number: LSD-49
Motto: First in Freedom
General characteristics
Class and type: Harpers Ferry-class dock landing ship
Displacement:
– 11,604 tons (light)
– 16,601 tons (full)
– 16,601 tons (full)
Length: 610 ft (190 m)
Beam: 84 ft (26 m)
Draft: 21 ft (6.4 m)
Propulsion: Four Colt Industries, 16-cylinder diesel engines, with two shafts, 33,000 shp (25,000 kW)
Speed: Over 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph)
Boats & landing craft carried: 2 × Landing Craft Air Cushion (LCACs)
Complement: 22 officers, 397 enlisted men
Marine detachment: 402 + 102 surge
Marine detachment: 402 + 102 surge
Armament:
– 2 × 25 mm Mk 38 rapid-fire cannon
– 2 × 20 mm Phalanx CIWS mounts
– 2 × Rolling Airframe Missile launchers
– 6 × 0.5 in (12.7 mm) M2HB machine guns
– 2 × 20 mm Phalanx CIWS mounts
– 2 × Rolling Airframe Missile launchers
– 6 × 0.5 in (12.7 mm) M2HB machine guns