USS Juneau (LPD-10)
USS Juneau (LPD-10)
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| Namesake: | City of Juneau, Alaska |
| Ordered: | 23 May 1963 |
| Laid down: | 23 January 1965 |
| Launched: | 12 February 1966 |
| Sponsored by: | Mrs. William A. Egan |
| Commissioned: | 12 July 1969 |
| Decommissioned: | 30 October 2008 |
| Homeport: | Naval Base San Diego |
| Nickname(s): | The Mighty "J", "The Perfect 10" |
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| Speed: | 21 knots (39 km/h; 24 mph) |
| Troops: | 930 Marines |
| Complement: | 35 officers, 400 sailors |
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| Aircraft carried: | Up to six CH-46 Sea Knight helicopters |
USS Juneau (LPD-10), an Austin-class amphibious transport dock, is the third ship of the United States Navy to be named for the capital of Alaska. The ship entered service on 12 July 1969, and participated in the Vietnam War, was command ship for the response to the Exxon Valdez oil spill, transported troops to the Persian Gulf for Operation Desert Storm, and was part of the attempted US response to Cyclone Nargis. Juneau was decommissioned in 2008, and is part of the National Defense Reserve Fleet.
Her 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 nationwide.
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