High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS Whetstone (LSD-27) was a Casa Grande-class dock landing ship of the United States Navy. She was the named in honor of Whetstone Point, the site of Fort McHenry, which defended Baltimore, Maryland from British assault during the War of 1812. The defence of Fort McHenry inspired the national anthem, "The Star-Spangled Banner". Whetstone was laid down on 7 April 1945 at the Boston Navy Yard; launched on 18 July 1945, sponsored by Mrs. Worthington S. Bitler, the wife of Captain W. S. Bitler on duty at the Boston Navy Yard; and commissioned on 12 February 1946, Commander G. R. Keating in command.

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