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USS Denver (LPD-9), an Austin-class amphibious transport dock, was the third ship of United States Navy to bear this name. Denver ' s keel was laid on 7 July 1964 at Lockheed Shipbuilding and Construction Company, Seattle , Washington .
Launch of Denver at the New York Shipbuilding Corporation, Camden, New Jersey, 4 April 1942. USS Denver (CL-58) was a Cleveland-class light cruiser. Denver launched on 4 April 1942 by New York Shipbuilding Corp., Camden, New Jersey; sponsored by Miss L. J. Stapleton, daughter of the Mayor of Denver; and commissioned on 15 October 1942, Captain Robert Carney in command. [1]
Three ships of the United States Navy have been named USS Denver, after the city of Denver, Colorado. USS Denver (CL-16) was a cruiser commissioned in 1904 and in service until 1931. USS Denver (CL-58) was a light cruiser commissioned 1942 and on active service in World War II, and decommissioned in 1947. USS Denver (LPD-9) was an amphibious ...
USS Denver (C-14/PG-28/CL-16) was the lead ship of her class of protected cruisers in the United States Navy. She was the first Navy ship named for the city of Denver , the capital of Colorado .
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.
Emory S. Land and USS Frank Cable joined the fleet in 1979, with USS McKee joining in 1981. In 1978, Lockheed won the contract to construct USS Whidbey Island, an amphibious support transport ship. [5] Lockheed delivered the Whidbey Island-class ships USS Germantown and USS Fort McHenry in 1986 and 1987 respectively.
The Denver-class cruisers were a group of six protected cruisers in service with the United States Navy from 1903 through 1929. Authorized by Congress in 1899 as part of the naval buildup touched off by the Spanish–American War, they were designed with peacetime duties on foreign stations and tropical service in mind, specifically patrolling Latin America and the Caribbean.
The Denver Ordnance Plant, the first part of what would become the Denver Federal Center, begins operating. June 15: Red Rocks Amphitheatre opens near city. [134] 1942 April 4: USS Denver (CL-58), the second ship honoring the city, launched in Camden, New Jersey by the daughter of Mayor Stapleton. [135] 1944