USS Ogden (LPD-5)
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USS Ogden |
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| History | |
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 United States
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| Name: | USS Ogden |
| Namesake: | Ogden, Utah |
| Operator: |
 United States Navy
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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(s): | "Oggie Doggie" |
| Fate: | Sunk as target 10 July 2014 |
| Badge: |  |
| 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.
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. The Ogden participated in Operation Endsweep in Haiphong Harbor as a member of Task Force 78 from January 1973 through July 1973, clearing mines with RH-53A helicopters.
In the summer of 1977, the Ogden stood off Camp Pendleton Marine Corps Base and acted as the base vessel for the U.S. Army's 2nd Battalion 39th Infantry Regiment of the 1st Brigade of the 9th Infantry Division as it was undergoing amphibious warfare training. After this was completed the Ogden embarked this unit and transported it back to Fort Lewis, Washington.
Ogden was relieved by the USS Duluth (LPD-6) during the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill after spending 2 months onsite. She supported over 400 civilians with beds, food, operational command for the Task Force and helicopter support for Task Force 2.
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