USS Shreveport (LPD-12)
USS Shreveport |
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| Namesake: | Shreveport, Louisiana |
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 United States Navy
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| Ordered: | 15 May 1964 |
| Laid down: | 27 December 1965 |
| Launched: | 22 October 1966 |
| Sponsored by: | Mrs. Andrew McBurney Jackson, Jr. |
| Commissioned: | 12 December 1970 |
| Decommissioned: | 26 September 2007 |
| Motto: | No Shore Too Distant, Alone and Unafraid |
| Nickname(s): | Super Gator |
| Status: | To be disposed of |
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| Class and type: | Austin class amphibious transport dock |
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| Speed: | 21 knots (39 km/h; 24 mph) |
| Complement: | 58 officers, 502 men |
| Armament: | Four three-inch/50-caliber guns |
USS Shreveport (LPD-12) is an Austin-class American amphibious transport dock. It is the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the city in Louisiana. Her keel was laid down on 27 December 1965 by the Lockheed Shipbuilding and Construction Company of Seattle, Washington. She was launched on 22 October 1966 sponsored by Mrs. Andrew McBurney Jackson, Jr., and commissioned on 12 December 1970 with Captain Pehr H. Pehrsson in command.
On 22 January 1971, Shreveport departed Puget Sound for her home port, Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia, where she arrived on 21 February. Between 9 March and 9 April 1971, the amphibious transport dock underwent shakedown training at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and, from 16 June to 4 August, she carried 375 midshipmen from the United States Naval Academy on a training cruise to Northern Europe. After post shakedown repairs from 6 October to 24 November 1971, she sailed for the Caribbean Sea, where she participated in landing exercises during the first part of 1972. On 12 June, the ship again sailed on a midshipman training cruise to Northern Europe, visiting the Azores; Aalborg, Denmark; Portsmouth, England; and Le Havre, France before returning to Norfolk, Virginia, on 3 August. During the rest of 1972, Shreveport conducted amphibious training exercises off the coasts of Virginia, North Carolina, and Florida.
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