USS Denver (LPD-9)
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| Career (US) |  |
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| Laid down: | 7 July 1965 |
| Launched: | 23 January 1965 |
| Commissioned: | 26 October 1968 |
| Homeport: | San Diego, California |
| Motto: | "A Mile High, A Mile Ahead" / "The Finest Gator in the Fleet" |
| Fate: | Active in service as of 2008 |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 17,000 tons |
| Length: | 171 meters (570 feet) overall |
| Beam: | 25.2 meters (84 feet) |
| Propulsion: | Two boilers, two steam turbines, two shafts, 24,000 shaft horsepower (18 MW) |
| Speed: | 21 knots (39 km/h) |
| Complement: | 24 officers, 396 enlisted, 900 marines |
| Armament: | Two 25 mm Mk 38 guns; two Phalanx CIWS; and eight .50-calibre (12.7 mm) machine guns. |
| Aircraft carried: | Up to six CH-46 Sea Knight helicopters |
USS Denver (LPD-9), an Austin-class amphibious transport dock, is the third ship of United States Navy to bear this name. Denver’s keel was laid July 7, 1964 at Lockheed Shipbuilding and Construction Company, Seattle, Washington. She was launched January 23, 1965, christened by Mrs. John A. Love, wife of the Governor of Colorado, and commissioned October 26, 1968.
[edit] Role in the SS Columbia Eagle mutiny
In 1970 the USS Denver played a key role in the SS Columbia Eagle incident. When the SS Columbia Eagle was commandeered by two mutinous crewmembers on March 14, 1970, Denver was immediately dispatched to intercept and recapture Columbia Eagle.[citation needed]
Denver took part in Westpac 84 and took part in several operations including Operation Beach Guard, Operation Cobra Gold, & Operation Valiant Usher. On her return trip in December 1984, Denver participated in a tiger cruise. It was during this time that she collided with USS New Orleans (LPH-11) in a refueling exercise, New Orleans who had her elevator out and smashed into the Denver several times.[citation needed]
[edit] Accidents Aboard Denver
On July 13th, 2000 the ship was participating in a refueling exercise near the end of a deployment with the USS John C. Stennis Battle Group. Denver, off the coast of Oahu, rear-ended its refueling vessel, USNS Yukon (T-AO-202).[1] Damage to Denver was severe, tearing away 3/4 of her bow, leaving only the very top portion.[2]
[edit] External links
- official website of USS Denver
- nvr.navy.mil: USS Denver
- globalsecurity.org: USS Denver
- navsource.org: USS Denver
- navysite.de: USS Denver
- LPD-9 Personnel Roster at HullNumber.com
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