USS Germantown (LSD-42)

10/08/2026

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The Whidbey Island-class dock landing ship USS Germantown (L*D 42) decommissions at Naval Base San Diego Sept. 24, 2026. Germantown was decommissioned after more than 40 years of service. Commissioned February 8, 1986. Modern U.S. dock landing ships perform multiple missions, including amphibious wa...

09/28/2026

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SAN DIEGO (Sept. 24, 2026) — Whidbey Island-class dock landing ship USS Germantown (L*D 42) was honored at Naval Base San Diego, its original homeport, for more than 40 years of naval service during a decommissioning ceremony on Sept. 24.

09/23/2026

Monday, Sep, 21st, 2026, GERMANTOWN gave a hearty farewell to CMDCM Jonathan Gailard, the ship’s CMC; LTJG Priyanka Banerjee, the ship’s Repair Officer; and EMCS Jorge Hernandez, Main Propulsion Division LCPO.

Fair Winds and Following Seas to our shipmates!!

Photos by OS2(SW) T. D. Jaspers

09/23/2026

24 hours to go!

As a reminder, uniform for military guest is Summer Whites, business casual for Civilians. It looks like it will be slightly overcast but heating up throughout the morning.

We look forward to seeing everyone tomorrow!!!

09/21/2026

Thursday, Sep 17th, 2026, GERMANTOWN gave a hardy farewell to LTJG Adrien Cox, the ships Main Propulsion Officer. Fair Winds and Following Sea MPO!

Photos by OS2(SW) T. D. Jasper

09/17/2026

Next Thursday, September 24th at 1000, we will be holding our decommissioning ceremony at NBSD Pier 10. We will be selling merchandise to all interested attendees to include Ball Caps and Coins. We will be accepting cash, Venmo or Apple Cash as methods of payment. For those who RSVP’d we look forward to seeing you there and for those that cannot make it or missed the deadline we will be posting a stream of the ceremony on Facebook.
If you have any questions please reach out to [email protected]

09/15/2026

Friday, Sep 11th, 2026, GERMANTOWN gave a hardy farewell to LTJG Carson Dunkely, the ship’s Electrical Officer. Fair Winds and Following Seas, Electro!

Photos by LT Jacob Smith

09/15/2026

Friday, Sep 11, 2026, USS Germantown awarded her final three SWO pins to LTJG Dustin Bruce, LTJG Adrian Cox, and LTJG Ryan Mallo.

Congratulations to all three on this significant milestone in your careers. Bravo Zulu, gentlemen!

Photos by LT Jacob Smith

09/14/2026

Good Evening GTN Family,

For those who require temporary access to attend the decommissioning ceremony on the 24th, you will need to stop by the Visitor Control Center that morning. We will have personnel there to distribute temporary base passes to those who submitted all required information prior to the deadline.

Once you have picked up your temporary pass, or for those who already have base access, you may proceed to the Pier 10 ECP (Mole Pier parking lot). We will have parking blocked off exclusively for those attending the ceremony.

We will es**rt and shuttle everyone attending the ceremony from the ECP to the ceremony location for pier access.

If you have any questions please email us at [email protected].

We look forward to seeing you on the 24th!

09/14/2026

Wednesday, Sep 9th, 2026, GERMANTOWN gave a hardy farewell to LT Kang, the ship’s Assistant Operations Officer. Fair Winds and Following Seas, AOPS!

Photos by OS2(SW) T. D. Jasper