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''Inchon'' was redesignated a Mine Countermeasures Command and Support Ship, '''MCS-12''', [[6 March]] [[1995]], and converted at Ingalls Shipbuilding, Pascagoula, MS. between March 1995 and [[28 May]] [[1996]]. She was assigned to the Active [[Naval Reserve Force]], [[30 September]] [[1996]]. |
''Inchon'' was redesignated a Mine Countermeasures Command and Support Ship, '''MCS-12''', [[6 March]] [[1995]], and converted at Ingalls Shipbuilding, Pascagoula, MS. between March 1995 and [[28 May]] [[1996]]. She was assigned to the Active [[Naval Reserve Force]], [[30 September]] [[1996]]. On [[October 30]], [[2001]] she suffered an engine room fire while tied up pierside and severe damage was done to her propulsion; the decision was made at that time to decommission her rather than repair her. |
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''Inchon'' was decommissioned, [[20 June]] [[2002]], at [[Naval Station Ingleside|NS Ingleside]], [[Texas]]. |
''Inchon'' was decommissioned, [[20 June]] [[2002]], at [[Naval Station Ingleside|NS Ingleside]], [[Texas]]. |
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Revision as of 22:35, 1 September 2005
USS Inchon (LPH/MCS-12), an Iwo Jima-class amphibious assault ship, was a ship of the United States Navy named for the battle of Inchon, a turning point of the Korean War.
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| Career | 
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| Awarded: | 16 June 1966 |
| Laid down: | 8 April 1968 |
| Launched: | 24 May 1969 |
| Commissioned: | 20 June 1970 |
| Decommissioned: | 20 June 2002 |
| Struck: | 24 May 2004 |
| Fate: | sunk, 5 December 2004 |
| General Characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 11,000 tons |
| Length: | 592 ft (180 m) |
| Beam: | 84 ft (25.6 m) |
| Draft: | 27 ft (8.2 m) |
| Propulsion: | two 600 lbf/in² (4 MPa) boilers, one geared steam turbine, one shaft, 22,000 shaft horsepower (16 MW) |
| Speed: | 22 knots (41 km/h) |
| Complement: | 667 |
| Armament: | 4 3 in (76 mm) 50 AA guns, (modifications) two Phalanx CIWS added |
| Aircraft: | 25 helicopters |
Inchon (LPH-12) was laid down on 8 April 1968 by Ingalls Shipbuilding, Pascagoula, MS; launched on 24 May 1969; and commissioned on 20 June 1970.
Inchon was redesignated a Mine Countermeasures Command and Support Ship, MCS-12, 6 March 1995, and converted at Ingalls Shipbuilding, Pascagoula, MS. between March 1995 and 28 May 1996. She was assigned to the Active Naval Reserve Force, 30 September 1996. On October 30, 2001 she suffered an engine room fire while tied up pierside and severe damage was done to her propulsion; the decision was made at that time to decommission her rather than repair her.
Inchon was decommissioned, 20 June 2002, at NS Ingleside, Texas. She was laid up in the Atlantic Reserve Fleet, at Philadelphia, PA. She was stricken from the Naval Vessel Register 24 May 2004 and sunk, on 5 December 2004 at 36° 42.30' N 71° 40.00' W, in 2,150 fathoms (3.9 km) of water, 207 NM (383 km) east of Virginia Beach, VA.
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