USS Denver (LPD-9)
USS Denver in September 1997
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 United States
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| Name: | USS Denver |
| Namesake: | City of Denver, Colorado |
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 United States Navy
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| Awarded: | 23 May 1963 |
| Builder: | Lockheed Shipbuilding |
| Laid down: | 7 July 1964 |
| Launched: | 23 January 1965 |
| Commissioned: | 26 October 1968 |
| Decommissioned: | 14 August 2014 |
| Homeport: | Sasebo, Japan |
| Motto: | "America's 911 LPD" "Oldest Gator in the Swamp", "A Mile High, A Mile Ahead" |
| Nickname(s): | "D9" "Liberty D9ed" |
| Status: | Decommissioned 14 August 2014 |
| Badge: |  |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Austin class amphibious transport dock |
| Tonnage: | 9,687 tons |
| Displacement: | 17,425 tons |
| Length: | 171 meters (570 ft) overall |
| Beam: | 25.2 meters (84 ft) |
| Propulsion: | Two boilers, two steam turbines, two shafts, 24,000 shaft horsepower (18 MW) |
| Speed: | 21 knots (39 km/h) |
| Complement: | 24 officers, 396 enlisted, 900 marines |
| Armament: | Two 25 mm Mk 38 guns; two Phalanx CIWS; and eight .50-calibre (12.7 mm) machine guns. |
| Aircraft carried: | Up to six CH-46 Sea Knight helicopters |
USS Denver (LPD-9), an Austin-class amphibious transport dock, is the third ship of United States Navy to bear this name. Denver’s keel was laid 7 July 1964 at Lockheed Shipbuilding and Construction Company, Seattle, Washington. She was launched 23 January 1965, christened by Mrs. John A. Love, wife of the Governor of Colorado, and commissioned 26 October 1968. After 46 years of service, the Denver was decommissioned at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam on 14 August 2014. At the time of her decommissioning, Denver was the oldest deployable warship in the U.S. Navy, and the last active warship commissioned in the 1960s.
In 1970, USS Denver played a key role in the SS Columbia Eagle incident. When the SS Columbia Eagle was commandeered by two mutinous crew members on 14 March 1970, Denver was immediately dispatched to intercept and recapture Columbia Eagle.
In April 1975, Denver participated in Operation Frequent Wind, the evacuation of Saigon, Vietnam.
Denver took part in Westpac 84 and took part in several operations including Operation Beach Guard, Operation Cobra Gold, & Operation Valiant Usher. On her return trip in December 1984, Denver participated in a tiger cruise. It was during this time that she collided with USS New Orleans in a refueling exercise, New Orleans who had her elevator out and smashed into the Denver several times.
On 13 July 2000, the ship was participating in a refueling exercise near the end of a deployment. Denver, off the coast of Oahu, collided with its refueling vessel, USNS Yukon. Denver's bow was seriously damaged. It remained in port at Pearl Harbor undergoing repairs for two weeks.
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