Sailors aboard the Whidbey Island-class dock landing ship Fort McHenry pass off the colors during the ship's decommissioning ceremony at Naval Station Mayport March 27. (Mass Communication ...

(Navy) The dock landing ship Whidbey Island, first of its name and of its class, was decommissioned Friday in a ceremony after nearly 38 years of service. Nine of the ship’s previous commanding ...

The Whidbey Island-class amphibious dock landing ships were meant to operate for 40 years. These LSDs were built in the 1980s and 1990s by the now-defunct Lockheed Martin shipyard in Seattle ...

The ships were built by Mississippi-based Northrop Grumman Ship Systems. The Whidbey Island-class dock landing ship can carry more hovercraft landing vessels than any other U.S. Navy amphibious ...

Those set for early retirement as part of a divestment strategy include three Whidbey Island-class amphibious dock landing ships the Navy tried to retire last year; three Ticonderoga-class ...

People gathered in Suffolk with Phi Beta Sigma and Sentara to increase awareness about colorectal cancer on Saturday morning. They held a walk with survivors and those who've lost loved ones to ...

including three Whidbey Island-class dock landing ships, or LSDs, that it proposed to scrap last year but which were saved by the 2023 National Defense Authorization Act The Navy’s $32.8 billion ...

Whidbey Island, first in the Whidbey Island class of dock landing ships, was commissioned in 1985. “That was a special day,” Muldoon said during the decommissioning ceremony. “I must say I ...

NORFOLK, Va. (WAVY) — The USS Gunston Hall (LSD-44) is a Whidbey Island-class dock landing ship, one of six of its type currently commissioned in the U.S. Navy. She was first commissioned in ...