Amphibious Transport Dock

LPD 2   -   USS Vancouver

 

USS Vancouver (LPD 2)

US Navy photo

Type, Class:

 

Amphibious Transport Dock; Raleigh - class;

Builder:

 

New York Naval Shipyard, Brooklyn, New York, USA

STATUS:

 

Awarded:

Laid down: November 19, 1960

Launched: September 15, 1962

Commissioned: May 11, 1963

Decommissioned: March 27, 1992 at Naval Station San Diego, CA.

Fate: Laid up in the Naval Inactive Ship Maintenance Facility (NISMF), Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.

Struck from Naval Register, 8 April 1997.
Custody transferred to the Maritime Administration, 29 November 2001 of lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Suisun Bay, Benecia, CA.
Final Disposition, fate unknown.

Homeport:

 

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Namesake:

 

> see history, below;

Ship's Motto:

 

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Technical Data:

(Measures, Propulsion,

Armament, Aviation, etc.)

 

see: INFO > Amphibious Transport Dock / Raleigh - class

 

ship images

 

Photo credits: US Navy, US Naval Historical Center

 

Namesake & History:

 

 

USS Vancouver (LPD 2):

 

 

 

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