Amphibious Transport Dock

LPD 7   -   USS Cleveland

 

 

 

USS Cleveland (LPD 7)

US Navy photo

Type, Class:

 

Amphibious Transport Dock; Austin (Cleveland) - class;

Builder:

 

Ingalls Shipbuilding, Pascagoula, Mississippi, USA

STATUS:

 

Awarded:

Laid down: January 25, 1963

Launched: May 7, 1966

Commissioned: April 21, 1967

ACTIVE UNIT / in service (Pacific Fleet)

Homeport:

 

San Diego, California

Namesake:

 

 

> see history, below;

Ship's Motto:

 

PROMPTUS ET PARATUS  ‘prepared and ready’

Technical Data:

(Measures, Propulsion,

Armament, Aviation, etc.)

 

see: INFO > Amphibious Transport Dock / Austin - class

 

ship images

 

Photo credits: US Navy, US Naval Historical Center

 

Namesake & History:

 

 

USS Cleveland (LPD 7):

 

 

 

patches

 

 

 

 

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