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USS Juneau (LPD-10), an Austin-class amphibious transport dock, is the third ship of the United States Navy to be named for the capital of Alaska.The ship entered service on 12 July 1969, and participated in the Vietnam War, was command ship for the response to the Exxon Valdez oil spill, transported troops to the Persian Gulf for Operation Desert Storm, and was part of the attempted US ...
Pages in category "Vietnam War amphibious warfare vessels of the United States" The following 119 pages are in this category, out of 119 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
USS Juneau (LPD-10) Austin: Amphibious Transport Dock: Stricken, final disposition pending. USNS Navajo (T-ATF-169) Powhatan: Fleet Ocean Tug: Stricken, final disposition pending. USS Peleliu (LHA-5) Tarawa: Amphibious Assault Ship: Stricken, final disposition pending. USS Port Royal (CG-73) Ticonderoga: Cruiser: Stricken, final disposition ...
The unit made the first of many amphibious deployments from Okinawa to the coast of Vietnam on April 10, 1967. [ 6 ] The first operation conducted was on April 14, 1967, when the MEU conducted a rescue of the crew of the SS Silver Peak, a Panamanian vessel run aground by Typhoon Violet, in vicinity of Minami Ko Shima Island, Japan. [ 7 ]
This "Juneau incident" is particularly notable for the loss of the five Sullivan brothers; USS Juneau (CL-119) was a Juneau-class light cruiser, commissioned 1946, active in the Korean War, and scrapped in 1962 Juneau-class cruiser, a USN light cruiser class, a modification of the Atlanta class; USS Juneau (LPD-10) was an amphibious transport ...
On 27 February 1973, the amphibious assault ships USS Tripoli (LPH-10), USS New Orleans (LPH-11), and USS Inchon (LPH-12) and the amphibious transport docks USS Dubuque (LPD-8), USS Vancouver (LPD-2), USS Ogden (LPD-5), and USS Cleveland (LPD-7) joined the task force, carrying the 31 CH-53 Sea Stallion helicopters of HM-12, HMM-165, and HMH-463 ...
USS Ashland (LSD-1) USS Casa Grande (LSD-13) USS Thomaston (LSD-28) USS Anchorage (LSD-36) USS Whidbey Island (LSD-41) USS Harper's Ferry (LSD-49) Further information: Dock landing ship The LSD came as a result of a British requirement during World War II for a vessel that could carry large landing craft across the seas at speed.
Pictured left-to-right, USS Germantown (LSD-42), Essex (LHD-2), Juneau (LPD-10), and Fort McHenry (LSD-43) in March 2002. An amphibious ready group ( ARG ) of the United States Navy consists of a naval element—a group of warships known as an Amphibious Task Force (ATF)—and a landing force (LF) of U.S. Marines (and occasionally U.S. Army ...