NASHVILLE USS LPD-12
Posted: Sun Nov 02, 2014 7:22 pm
Ordered:15 May 1964, Builder:Lockheed Shipbuilding, Laid down:14 March 1966, Launched:7 October 1967, Commissioned:14 February 1970, Decommissioned:30 September 2009, Homeport:Norfolk, Virginia, Status:In reserve.
General characteristics, Class & type:Austin-class amphibious transport dock.
Displacement:Light: 9,784 t (9,629 long tons; 10,785 short tons), Full: 17,479 t (17,203 long tons; 19,267 short tons), Dead: 7,695 t (7,573 long tons; 8,482 short tons)
Length:Overall: 570 ft (170 m) Waterline: 548 ft (167 m) Beam:Extreme: 105 ft (32 m) Waterline: 84 ft (26 m) Draft: 23 ft (7.0 m) Ballasted: 34 ft (10 m)
Propulsion:Two boilers, two steam turbines, two shafts, 24,000 shp (18,000 kW) each
Speed:21 kn. Complement 489 (59 officers, 430 enlisted); Marine detachment: 900
Sensors and processing systems:SPS-40 Air Search Radar, SPS-60 Surface Search Radar, SPS-64 Navigational Radar, Furuno Navigational Radar
Armament:Two Mk 38 25 mm guns, Two Phalanx CIWS, Eight .50 caliber machine guns
Aircraft carried:Up to six CH-46 Sea Knight helicopters.
USS Nashville (LPD-13), an Austin-class amphibious transport dock, was the third ship of the United States Navy to be named for the capital city of Tennessee. Her keel was laid down on 14 March 1966 by the Lockheed Shipbuilding and Construction Company of Seattle, Washington. She was launched on 7 October 1967 sponsored by Mrs. Roy L. Johnson, and commissioned at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, Washington, on 14 February 1970 with Captain Frank R. Fahland in command.
Nashville's various assignments have included four Caribbean Amphibious Ready Groups, eight Mediterranean Groups, two Persian Gulf Groups, a Mine Countermeasure Task Group, North Atlantic Treaty Organization Operations and training assignments with Fleet Marine Force Atlantic.
The ship remained in Amphibious Squadron 2 in 1977. She served as squadron flagship from 1 January through 11 March; 29 April through 21 May; and 10 August through 31 December 1977. In addition, she served as flagship for Commander Combined Amphibious Task Force (Commander Task Force 401), Commander Combined Landing Force, and Commander Task Force 61 (Commander Amphibious Squadron 2) during NATO Exercise Dawn Patrol '77.
On 16 and 17 January 2006, she was the first vessel to receive the landing of an unmanned robotic RQ-8A Fire Scout helicopter.
In July 2006, she was sent to Lebanon as part of the Iwo Jima Expeditionary Strike Group transporting the 24th MEU to assist with the evacuation of U.S. nationals from the country, after a conflict erupted between the Israeli military and Hezbollah militants. On 20 July 2006, it landed the first Marines on Lebanese soil since 1982.
The USS Nashville was decommissioned on 30 September 2009 at the Norfolk Naval Station in Norfolk, Virginia. Navy officials stated the ship was too costly to maintain and was unable to match the efficiency of newer vessels.
General characteristics, Class & type:Austin-class amphibious transport dock.
Displacement:Light: 9,784 t (9,629 long tons; 10,785 short tons), Full: 17,479 t (17,203 long tons; 19,267 short tons), Dead: 7,695 t (7,573 long tons; 8,482 short tons)
Length:Overall: 570 ft (170 m) Waterline: 548 ft (167 m) Beam:Extreme: 105 ft (32 m) Waterline: 84 ft (26 m) Draft: 23 ft (7.0 m) Ballasted: 34 ft (10 m)
Propulsion:Two boilers, two steam turbines, two shafts, 24,000 shp (18,000 kW) each
Speed:21 kn. Complement 489 (59 officers, 430 enlisted); Marine detachment: 900
Sensors and processing systems:SPS-40 Air Search Radar, SPS-60 Surface Search Radar, SPS-64 Navigational Radar, Furuno Navigational Radar
Armament:Two Mk 38 25 mm guns, Two Phalanx CIWS, Eight .50 caliber machine guns
Aircraft carried:Up to six CH-46 Sea Knight helicopters.
USS Nashville (LPD-13), an Austin-class amphibious transport dock, was the third ship of the United States Navy to be named for the capital city of Tennessee. Her keel was laid down on 14 March 1966 by the Lockheed Shipbuilding and Construction Company of Seattle, Washington. She was launched on 7 October 1967 sponsored by Mrs. Roy L. Johnson, and commissioned at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, Washington, on 14 February 1970 with Captain Frank R. Fahland in command.
Nashville's various assignments have included four Caribbean Amphibious Ready Groups, eight Mediterranean Groups, two Persian Gulf Groups, a Mine Countermeasure Task Group, North Atlantic Treaty Organization Operations and training assignments with Fleet Marine Force Atlantic.
The ship remained in Amphibious Squadron 2 in 1977. She served as squadron flagship from 1 January through 11 March; 29 April through 21 May; and 10 August through 31 December 1977. In addition, she served as flagship for Commander Combined Amphibious Task Force (Commander Task Force 401), Commander Combined Landing Force, and Commander Task Force 61 (Commander Amphibious Squadron 2) during NATO Exercise Dawn Patrol '77.
On 16 and 17 January 2006, she was the first vessel to receive the landing of an unmanned robotic RQ-8A Fire Scout helicopter.
In July 2006, she was sent to Lebanon as part of the Iwo Jima Expeditionary Strike Group transporting the 24th MEU to assist with the evacuation of U.S. nationals from the country, after a conflict erupted between the Israeli military and Hezbollah militants. On 20 July 2006, it landed the first Marines on Lebanese soil since 1982.
The USS Nashville was decommissioned on 30 September 2009 at the Norfolk Naval Station in Norfolk, Virginia. Navy officials stated the ship was too costly to maintain and was unable to match the efficiency of newer vessels.