USS Inchon

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USS Inchon in the Gulf of Mexico, 2001
History
United States
Name	Inchon
Namesake	Battle of Inchon
Ordered	16 June 1966
Builder	Ingalls Shipbuilding
Laid down	8 April 1968
Launched	24 May 1969
Commissioned	20 June 1970
Decommissioned	20 June 2002
Reclassified	MCS-12
Stricken	24 May 2004
Identification	Callsign: NOUD Hull number: LPH-12
Motto	Never More Brightly
Fate	Sunk as target, 5 December 2004
General characteristics
Class and type	Iwo Jima-class amphibious assault ship
Displacement	19,500 tons
Length	603.65 ft (183.99 m)
Beam	104 ft (32 m)
Draft	25.9 ft (7.9 m)
Installed power	2 × 600 psi (4.1 MPa) boilers 22,000 shp (16,000 kW)
Propulsion	One geared steam turbine, one shaft,
Speed	21 knots (39 km/h; 24 mph)
Complement	1,443 (122 officer, 1,321 enlisted)
Armament	Initially: 2 × 2 3-inch (76 mm) / 50 caliber DP guns, 8 cell Sea Sparrow BPDMS launchers, Later: 2 × Phalanx CIWS 4 × .50 cal (12.7 mm) lightweight guns Stinger missiles
Aircraft carried	(MCS-12 configuration) 8 × MH-53E Sea Stallion, 2 × UH-46D Sea Knight

USS Inchon (LPH/MCS-12) was an Iwo Jima-class amphibious assault ship of the United States Navy in service from 1970 to 2002. Following a major fire, she was laid up and sunk as a target in 2004.