USS Nashville (LPD-13)
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| Career | |
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| Awarded: | 15 May 1964 |
| Laid down: | 14 March 1966 |
| Launched: | 7 October 1967 |
| Commissioned: | 14 February 1970 |
| Fate: | Template:Active in service |
| Homeport: | Norfolk, Virginia |
| General Characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 9784 tons light, 17479 tons full, 7695 tons dead |
| Length: | 173.7 meters (570 feet) overall, 167 meters (548 feet) waterline |
| Beam: | 30.4 meters (100 feet) extreme, 25.6 meters (84 feet) waterline |
| Draft: | 7 meters (23 feet) maximum, 7 meters (23 feet) limit |
| Speed: | 20 knots |
| Complement: | 90 flag staff, 59 officers, 430 men |
| Armament: | eight three-inch/50-caliber guns |
USS Nashville (LPD-13), a Cleveland-class amphibious transport dock, was the third ship of the United States Navy to be named for the city in Tennessee. Her keel was laid down on 14 March 1966 by the Lockheed Shipbuilding and Construction Company of Seattle, Washington. She was launched on 7 October 1967 sponsored by Mrs. Roy L. Johnson, and commissioned at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, Washington, on 14 February 1970 with Captain Frank R. Fahland in command.
Nashville's various assignments have included four Caribbean Amphibious readiness Groups, Mediterranean Amphibious readiness Groups, Persian Gulf Amphibious Readiness Groups, Mine Countermeasure Task Group, NATO North Atlantic Operations, and training assignments with the Fleet Marine Force Atlantic.
- Need information on the last thirty years.
See USS Nashville for other ships of the same name.
This article includes text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships.
| Cleveland-class landing platform dock |
| Cleveland | Dubuque | Denver | Juneau | Coronado | Shreveport | Nashville |
| List of amphibious assault ships of the United States Navy |