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USS FORT FISHER (LSD 40) was a dock landing ship of the United States Navy. She was a ship of the Anchorage-class.

Outfitted with a large floodable stern section accessed through an enormous operable stern gate, FORT FISHER served as a launch platform for large landing craft, such as the LCU, as well as a "boat haven" to shelter other small craft utilized in an amphibious landing. The ship was able to provide a minimal degree of naval gunfire support through the use of two sets of twin 3"/50 guns mounted on the 02-level fore and aft. In later years these guns were removed to be replaced with Mk-38 machine guns and two Phalanx CIWS for missile defense. In its final decade of service with the US Navy, it functioned primarily as a platform for two LCAC hovercraft landing vehicles and embarked Marines.

In the ship's many years of service, she completed many deployments in the western Pacific.

She served the U.S. Navy from approximately 1972 to 1999.