Austin class Amphibious Transport Dock - LPD
Note that some sources consider Cleveland and Trenton ships to be a part of the Austin class, but other sources list them as a separate class.
Units			in service	builder
LPD 4 USS Austin			1965	decommissioned in 2006
LPD 5 USS Ogden			1965	decommissioned in 2007
LPD 6 USS Duluth			1965	decommissioned in 2005
LPD 7 USS Cleveland			1967	decommissioned in 2011
LPD 8 USS Dubuque			1967	decommissioned in 2011
LPD 9 USS Denver			1968	forward deployed to Sasebo, Japan
LPD 10 USS Juneau			1969	decommissioned in 2008
LPD 11 USS Coronado			1970	decommissioned in 2005
LPD 12 USS Shreveport			1970	decommissioned in 2007
LPD 13 USS Nashville			1970	decommissioned in 2009
LPD 14 USS Trenton			1971	decommissioned in 2007
LPD 15 USS Ponce			1971	in service as Afloat Forward Staging Base, Interim / AFSB(I) - USS Ponce
specifications / technical data:
Displacement:	9201 tons (light) / 16914 tons (full load)
Length:	173,4 meters
Beam:	32 meters
Draft:	7 meters (navigational) / 10,4 meters (ballasted)
Speed:	21 knots (= 39 km/h)
Propulsion:	2 600psi Foster-Wheeler boilers / 2 DeLaval steam turbines (24000 shp per shaft) / 2 shafts, 2 propellers
Aircraft:	up to 4 helicopter landing spaces / telescopic-hangar for 1 helicopter (LPD-4 USS Austin had no hangar)
EFV / AAV:	up to 24 Amphibious Assault Vehicles (AAV)
	Cargo Capacity: 2,500 tons Well deck: 7,000 sq. feet Well deck capacity: One LCU, or one LCAC, or two LCM-8, or four LCM-6 Helicopter landing capacity: Two CH-46/CH-53/MV-22 equivalents, or four UH-1/AH-1 equivalents, or two AV-8B Harriers Vehicle stowage: 14,000 sq. feet Aircraft stowage: 14,700 sq. feet Weapons ordnance stowage: 53,300 cu. feet
Armament:	4 x Mk-33 3-inch/50-caliber twin guns (removed later) 2 x Mk-38 Mod.1 machine gun systems (MGS) 2 x Mk-15 Phalanx CIWS 8 x .50 cal. (12,7mm) machine guns
Complement:	ship: 420 sailors (24 officers / 396 enlisted) landing force: 840 Marines + 90 flag/staff
class & detail images
LPD-4 USS Austin (note, Austin has no hangar)
armament
4 x Mk-33 3”/50-caliber twin guns aboard USS Juneau (LPD-10) 1 Mk-33 3”/50-caliber enclosed twin gun and 1 Mk-15 Phalanx CIWS aboard USS Ponce LPD-15) 1 Mk-33 3”/50-caliber enclosed twin gun and 1 Mk-15 Phalanx CIWS aboard USS Ponce LPD-15) 2 Mk-15 Phalanx CIWS aboard USS Juneau (LPD-10) - all 4 Mk-33 3”/50 were removed Mk-38 Mod.1 25mm machine gun system aboard USS Nashville (LPD-13)
| seaforces.org | USN ships start page |