USS Duluth (LPD-6)
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| Career | |
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| Awarded: | 21 September 1961 |
| Laid down: | 18 December 1963 |
| Launched: | 14 August 1965 |
| Commissioned: | 18 December 1965 |
| Fate: | Template:Active in service |
| Homeport: | San Diego, California |
| General Characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 9079 tons light, 16861 tons full, 7782 tons dead |
| Length: | 173.4 meters (569 feet) overall, 167 meters (548 feet) waterline |
| Beam: | 32.9 meters (108 feet) extreme, 25.6 meters (84 feet) waterline |
| Draft: | 6.7 meters (22 feet) maximum, 7 meters (23 feet) limit |
| Complement: | 101 officers, 1337 men |
USS Duluth (LPD-6), an Austin class amphibious transport dock, is the second ship of the United States Navy named for the city in Minnesota.
Duluth was laid down on 18 December 1963 by the New York Naval Shipyard. She was launched on 14 August 1965 and commissioned on 18 December 1965.
- Information on her forty-year career is needed.
In January 2005, she participated in Operation Unified Assistance.
She is actively serving as of 2005.
| Austin-class landing platform dock |
| Austin | Ogden | Duluth |
| List of amphibious assault ships of the United States Navy |
References
This article includes data from the Naval Vessel Registry. The Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships has no entry for LPD-6.
External links
- Official ship's site (http://www.duluth.navy.mil/)