USS Ogden (LPD-5)
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.JPG/300px-USS_Ogden_(LPD-5).JPG) USS Ogden |
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| Career (US) |   |
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| Ordered: | 21 September 1961 |
| Laid down: | 4 February 1963 |
| Launched: | 27 June 1964 |
| Commissioned: | 19 June 1965 |
| Decommissioned: | 21 February 2007 |
| Homeport: | San Diego, California |
| Motto: | Flexible Response |
| Nickname: | "Oggie Doggie" |
| Fate: | Decommissioned |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 9962 tons light, 17370 tons full, 7408 tons dead |
| Length: | 173.4 m (569 ft) overall, 167 meters (548 ft) waterline |
| Beam: | 32.9 m (108 ft) extreme, 25.6 meters (84 ft) waterline |
| Draught: | 6.7 m (22 ft) maximum, 7 meters (23 ft) limit |
| Propulsion: | Two Babcock Willcox 600 psi boilers, two steam turbines |
| Speed: | 21 knots (24 mph/39 km/h) |
| Capacity: | One LCAC or one LCU or four LCM-8 or nine LCM-6 or 24 amphibious assault vehicles (AAV) |
| Complement: | 24 officers, 396 enlisted (plus 900 U.S. Marines and others) |
| Armament: | Two 20 mm Phalanx CIWS, two 25 mm Mk 38 guns, eight .50-calibre machine guns |
| Aircraft carried: | None, but telescopic hangar installed aboard. The hangar is not used to accommodate helicopters but on the flight deck there is space for up to six CH-46 helicopters. |
USS Ogden (LPD-5), an Austin-class amphibious transport dock, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for Ogden, Utah. Ogden was laid down on 4 February 1963 by the New York Naval Shipyard. She was launched on 27 June 1964 sponsored by Mrs. Laurence J. Burton, and commissioned at New York City on 19 June 1965 with Captain Floyd M. Symons in command.
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[edit] Operational history
[edit] Vietnam era
After training off Norfolk, Ogden arrived in San Diego 29 October 1965 to join the Pacific Fleet and complete her initial training. In her first year of service she deployed twice to South Vietnam (8 February through 4 April 1966 and 16 May through 7 July 1966), bringing Marines and their equipment to the Vietnam War. On her return passages, she brought damaged vehicles home for repair. During the summer of 1966, she conducted experiments with aircraft capable of vertical or short landing and take-off.
[edit] Westpac
Ogden was damaged when she collided with the submarine USS Greenville on 27 February 2002, which opened a five by 18 inch hole in one of her fuel tanks.
[edit] Middle East
She was commissioned as part of the 3rd Fleet. She has deployed this year with the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit as part of a battle group in early 2006. The ship was originally scheduled for decommissioning in 2000, but with the requirements of the Operation Iraqi Freedom it was rescheduled.
On 16 February 2007, Ogden was awarded the 2006 Battle "E" award. [1]
USS Ogden was formally decommissioned on 21 February 2007. She is to be towed to the vicinity of Hawaii and sunk in a gunnery exercise.
See USS Ogden for other ships of the same name.
[edit] References
The ship appeared in Tom Clancy's novel Without Remorse.
[edit] External links
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This article includes text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships.
