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USS Rushmore (LSD-47) Live Military Ship Tracker | Free Real-Time Tracking of USS Rushmore - Cruising Earth

USS Rushmore Military Ship Tracker

USS Rushmore Real-Time Military Ship Tracking

Military Ship Details & Statistics

Homeport: Sasebo, Japan
In Service:
Hull Number:
Category:
Complement:
Gross Tons: 		1991 | 35 years
LSD-47
Dock Landing
413
16,568 GT
Length:
Beam:
Draft:
Speed:
 
610.0 ft
84.0 ft
21.0 ft
20.0 knots
23.0 mph

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USS Rushmore (LSD-47) is a Whidbey Island Class Dock Landing Ship currently operated by the United States Navy. USS Rushmore was built by Avondale Shipyard in New Orleans, Loiusiana. The ship has been in active service for 35 years.

The Whidbey Island class dock landing ships are optimized for amphibious operations with a large well deck capable of carrying up to 4 LCACs or 21 AAVs. They support extensive vehicle and cargo transport for Marine Expeditionary Units along with helicopter facilities for CH-53 and MV-22 operations.

View USS Rushmore's real-time location, route, speed, course history, itinerary updates, port destinations, estimated arrival times, and more in the dock landing ship tracker map below. All ship position data is sourced directly from the global AIS tracking system, delivering the latest tracking information available. Each new ship report received automatically updates the displayed data.

USS Rushmore's Current Deployment

Current Location: Strait of Malacca (approx. 40 miles SW of Kuala Lumpur, heading toward CENTCOM AOR, as of March 31 2026)

Previous Location: Sasebo, Japan (forward-deployed homeport)

Mission: Whidbey Island-class dock landing ship forward-deployed from Sasebo, Japan. Currently transiting the Strait of Malacca en route to join the Tripoli Amphibious Ready Group / 31st MEU in the CENTCOM area. Providing well deck support for LCACs, heavy equipment transport, and amphibious logistics capabilities once joined.

Sources: AIS real-time report March 31 2026 + USNI News March 28 2026

Last Updated: Mon Apr 13, 2026 16:35 UTC

Note: The current location information above is an estimate from public reports and open-source intelligence. Exact positions are classified for operational security (OPSEC). The tracker map below displays the last publicly transmitted AIS data from this ship. Military ships typically transmit AIS data for maritime safety when operating near civilian traffic when not in an active theater.

Whidbey Island Class Sister Ships

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USS Ashland, USS Comstock, USS Fort McHenry (decommissioned), USS Germantown, USS Gunston Hall, USS Tortuga, USS Whidbey Island (decommissioned)United States Navy

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