Amphibious Transport Dock
LPD 10 - USS Juneau
Type, Class:		Amphibious Transport Dock (LPD); Austin - class;
Builder:		Lockheed Shipbuilding & Construction, Seattle, Washington, USA
STATUS:		Awarded: May 23, 1963 Laid down: January 23, 1965 Launched: February 12, 1966 Commissioned: July 12, 1969 Decommissioned: October 31, 2008 Fate: Struck from the Naval Register, 31 October 2008. Towed to Pearl Harbor in November 2008 for storage in the NAVSEA Inactive Ships On-site Maintenance Office, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
Homeport:		-
Namesake:		named after and in honor of the City of Juneau, capital of Alaska
Ship's Motto:		-
Technical Data: (Measures, Propulsion, Armament, Aviation, etc.)		see: INFO >> Amphibious Transport Dock / Austin - class
ship images
Juneau, Alaska - June 2008 Sasebo, Japan - June 2008 Sasebo, Japan - June 2008 Sasebo, Japan - June 2008 White Beach Naval Facility, Okinawa, Japan - June 2008 Andaman Sea - May 2008 Andaman Sea - May 2008 off Burma - May 2008 Pacific Ocean - May 2008 Gulf of Thailand - May 2008 Okinawa, Japan - April 2008 East China Sea - March 2008 South China Sea - February 2008 USS Juneau with USS Mustin (DDG-89) - South China Sea - February 2008 USS Juneau with USS Harpers Ferry (LSD-49) - South China Sea - February 2008 Juneau with USS Harpers Ferry (LSD-49) - South China Sea - February 2008 South China Sea - February 2008 Pacific Ocean - February 2008 Pacific Ocean - February 2008 Pacific Ocean - February 2008 Pacific Ocean - February 2008 Sea of Japan - November 2007 Sea of Japan - November 2007 Sea of Japan - November 2007 Shoalwater Bay, Australia - June 2007 Pacific Ocean - June 2007 exercise TALISMAN SABRE 2007 - June 2007 exercise TALISMAN SABRE 2007 - June 2007 exercise TALISMAN SABRE 2007 - June 2007 off South Korea - April 2007 Sea of Japan - March 2007 South China Sea - March 2007 South China Sea - March 2007 South China Sea - March 2007 exercise FOAL EAGLE 2007 - South China Sea - March 2007 Subic Bay, Philippines - February 2007 Sasebo, Japan - November 2006 AV-8B Harrier II is landing on the flight deck of USS Juneau - Pacific Ocean - November 2006 CH-46 Sea Knights (HMM-265) - South China Sea - November 2006 Philippines - November 2006 exercise COBRA GOLD 06 - Gulf of Thailand - June 2006 Yellow Sea - March 2006 Philippine Sea - February 2006 Arabian Gulf - September 2004 Pohang, Republic of Korea - March 2004 Pohang, Republic of Korea - March 2004 USS Juneau (front) with USS Fort McHenry (LSD-43) - White Beach Port Facility, Okinawa, Japan - February 2003 USS Juneau (front) with USS Fort McHenry (LSD-43) - White Beach Port Facility, Okinawa, Japan - February 2003 USS Juneau (rear) with USS Fort McHenry (LSD-43) - White Beach Port Facility, Okinawa, Japan - February 2003 White Beach Port Facility, Okinawa, Japan - February 2003 exercise FOAL EAGLE 02 - off Pohang, Republic of Korea - March 2002 exercise FOAL EAGLE 02 - off Pohang, Republic of Korea - March 2002 Iwo Jima - March 2002 exercise KERNEL BLITZ 99 - April 1999 exercise KERNEL BLITZ 99 - April 1999 RIMPAC 98 - Pacific Ocean - August 1998 exercise KERNEL BLITZ 97 - June 1997 exercise KERNEL BLITZ 97 - June 1997 San Diego, California - October 1991 Pearl Harbor, Hawaii - June 1991 Pearl Harbor, Hawaii - June 1991 (note the OV-10 Bronco aircraft carried back from the Gulf) Pearl Harbor, Hawaii - June 1991 Pearl Harbor, Hawaii - June 1991 Pearl Harbor, Hawaii - June 1991 Pearl Harbor, Hawaii - June 1991 Pearl Harbor, Hawaii - June 1991 Pearl Harbor, Hawaii - June 1991 (note the OV-10 Bronco aircraft carried) Pearl Harbor, Hawaii - June 1991 Pearl Harbor, Hawaii - June 1991 Pearl Harbor, Hawaii - June 1991 Valdez, Alaska - April 1989 Valdez, Alaska - April 1989 Valdez, Alaska - April 1989 exercise TEAM SPIRIT 88 - off South Korea - March 1988 exercise TEAM SPIRIT 88 - off South Korea - March 1988 underway - ca. 1982 undated
History:
USS Juneau (LPD 10): Juneau's keel was laid down by Lockheed Shipbuilding and Construction Company of Seattle, Washington, on 23 January 1965. She was launched on 12 February 1966 (sponsored by Mrs. William A. Egan, wife of William A. Egan, the Governor of Alaska), and commissioned on 12 July 1969. Throughout the 1970s, Juneau completed five deployments to the western Pacific, including eight trips into Vietnamese waters, earning five battle stars for its efforts in the Vietnam War. Juneau conducted the first AV-8A Harrier landing on a Pacific Fleet LPD in February 1976. On 4 July 1976, Juneau arrived in Juneau, Alaska with a complement of Marines from 1st Battalion, 5th Marines, 1st Marine Division as part of the United States' Bicentennial celebrations. During the 1980s Juneau completed seven deployments. In April 1989, Juneau received emergency orders to Prince William Sound in support of the Exxon Valdez oil spill clean up. She was the first naval vessel on station, and assumed the duties of command and control ship for Joint Task Force Alaska. She provided berthing, communications, transportation (both surface and air), food, medical and laundry services for over four hundred civilian cleanup workers. She was the host of Vice-President Quayle's visit to Prince William Sound, where he toured an oil soaked beach and then returned to the "Juneau" and gave a speech that was televised nation wide. After the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait and the initiation of Operation Desert Shield, Juneau sailed with 12 other ships of Amphibious Group Three in December 1990 to participate in Operation Desert Storm. Joining with ships from Amphibious Group Two, Juneau was a member of the largest amphibious task force since the United Nations assault on Incheon, South Korea. On 24 February 1991 Juneau off-loaded her equipment and ammunition in record time and landed her embarked troops at Ras Al Mishab, Saudi Arabia, whence they would assault Iraqi positions in southern Kuwait. In May 1991, Juneau proceeded to Bangladesh to assist in Operation Sea Angel, providing relief after a disastrous cyclone. During her 14th deployment, Juneau was diverted to the coast of Somalia in support of Operation Restore Hope. Her embarked Marines ensured the security of shipments of food supplies to the people of Somalia. Juneau was homeported in San Diego, California until 30 July 1999 when she relieved USS Dubuque (LPD-8) as part of the forward-deployed naval forces. From June to September 1999 Juneau participated in the first Ship Swap with her sister-ship Dubuque, where each ship's crew remained in their original home ports, allowing Dubuque to return to the homeport of San Diego, California. Since that date, Juneau has been homeported in Sasebo, Japan. Juneau was deployed to East Timor as part of the Australian-led INTERFET peacekeeping taskforce from 28 to 31 January 2000. During the 2008 Myanmar Cyclone Nargis crisis and the subsequent Operation Caring Response aid mission, the Juneau (as part of the USS Essex's amphibious group, along with the USS Harpers Ferry, and the USS Mustin), she stood by off Burma from May 13 to June 5, waiting for the Myanmar junta government to permit US aid to its citizens. However, in early June, with permission still not forthcoming, it was decided to put the group back on its scheduled operations. Juneau swapped with her sister ship, the USS Denver (LPD-9) during the third quarter of fiscal year 2008. After the swap, the ship sailed to San Diego for decommissioning. The decommissioning took place October 30, 2008 after which the ship was moved to Hawaii and placed in the National Defense Reserve Fleet. source: wikipedia (08/2012) -- more history wanted!
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