USS Inchon (LPH-12)

Item#: GM9-1002

Mike,

I worked in the ER Friday, Saturday and Sunday (12 hour shifts) so I didn't get a chance to open my Inchon model box until last night. It is awesome! You were absolutely right--I am perfectly satisfied with this model and very pleased with the value received. The packaging was unbelievable---for something so fragile, it all arrived in excellent condition (very creative packaging!). I am now preparing to take pictures of it to send along to my Marine Corps buddies, including Col. Gilman, who served with me aboard the Inchon. Trust me when I tell you it will be treasured the rest of my life. Please extend my thanks again to the craftsman who built her. He is a talented person.

You've been terrific to work with. I couldn't have found a better company to make me this memory of days long gone but always remembered.

Jim Hill
Former Captain
U. S. Marine Corps
1970-78
(Active Duty 1970-74)

This Custom Made USS Inchon (LPH-12) Ship Model was crafted with absolute precision. Working from our extensive collection of blueprints and their photographs, our master artisans recreated this Battle Ship into an incredibly detailed Desktop Replica.This USS Inchon (LPH-12) ship model was hand crafted from the finest Philippine Mahogany and sealed to last for generations. A fully customized display stand with their choice of logo and personalized inscription plaque added the finishing touch to this masterpiece.

FDM is proud to know that this model will be displayed with pride in someone’s home or office.

USS Inchon (LPH-12) History

USS Inchon (LPH/MCS-12), an Iwo Jima-class amphibious assault ship, was a ship of the United States Navy named for the battle of Inchon, a turning point of the Korean War.

Inchon (LPH-12) was laid down on 8 April 1968 by Ingalls Shipbuilding, Pascagoula, MS; launched on 24 May 1969; and commissioned on 20 June 1970.

Inchon was redesignated a Mine Countermeasures Command and Support Ship, MCS-12, 6 March 1995, and converted at Ingalls Shipbuilding, Pascagoula, MS. between March 1995 and 28 May 1996. She was assigned to the Active Naval Reserve Force, 30 September 1996. On October 19, 2001 the USS Inchon suffered a Class Bravo (fuel oil) fire in the main boiler room while conducting inport steaming for engineering trials and assessments. A fuel oil leak had sprung from a faulty gasket on one of the main fuel pumps. This resulted in fuel oil leaking into the bilge. At some unknown point the bilge caught fire most likely a result from filling up underneath the boiler which provided ample heat to ignite. The actual cause of the ignition to the fuel oil remains unknown. The entire bilge caught fire, and the space immediately filled with smoke. There were nine enlisted sailors operating the space, only eight made it out. Petty Officer Third Class Ronnie Joe Palm Jr., age 21, of Houston, succumbed to smoke inhalation just after helping one of his fellow sailors out of the space. PO3 Palm had been in the Navy for two years, and was cited for his bravery in the face of the blaze. He was posthumously awarded for his heroism with the highest peacetime honor the Navy could bestow, the Navy and Marine Corps Medal.

Since severe damage occurred to her boiler plant the Navy made the decision at that time to decommission her, rather than repair her. Inchon was decommissioned, 20 June 2002, at NS Ingleside, Texas.

She was laid up in the Atlantic Reserve Fleet, at Philadelphia, PA. She was stricken from the Naval Vessel Register 24 May 2004 and sunk, on 5 December 2004 at 36°42′30″N 71°40′0″W, in 2,150 fathoms (3.9 km) of water, 207 NM (383 km) east of Virginia Beach, VA.