USS Fort Fisher (LSD-40)
USS Fort Fisher (LSD-40) was an Anchorage-class dock landing ship of the United States Navy.
Fort Fisher was laid down on 15 July 1970 at General Dynamics Quincy Shipbuilding and launched on 22 April 1972. She was commissioned on 9 December 1972.
Fort Fisher was decommissioned on 27 February 1998 and struck from the Naval Vessel Registry on the same day. On 30 September 2009, a contract to dismantle Fort Fisher was issued to International Shipbreaking Ltd, Brownsville, Tx. Fort Fisher departed the Suisun Bay Reserve Fleet on 5 January 2010 under tow to Brownsville, Tx. Fort Fisher completed her dismantling on 14 January 2011.
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