Dock landing ship

An amphibious dock landing ship the “USS Fort McHenry (LSD 43)” is docked in the cost of Sao Tome since January 21. Even if it is more popular these days to say nasty things about the US military strategy, I have to say that these visits are really well taken in the country. They usually give some musical concerts (the ship’s band) and organize visits to the ship. I wonder about the results of this strategy if they had used it in the Middle East; for now it’s working alright here.
It seems that this ship was involved in mystery in the beginning of the year, when 2 of its sailors were found dead in a luxury hotel room in Accra. “Amazingly” not a lot of information is available on the web.