USS Shreveport (LPD-12)

USS Shreveport (LPD-12)

USS Shreveport
History
United States
Name	Shreveport
Namesake	Shreveport, Louisiana
Operator	United States Navy
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
Identification	Hull number: LPD-12
Motto	No Shore Too Distant, Alone and Unafraid
Nickname(s)	Super Gator
Status	Scrapped in Brownsville 2022
General characteristics
Class and type	Austin-class amphibious transport dock
Tonnage	7,771 DWT
Displacement	9,195 long tons (9,343 t) light 16,966 long tons (17,238 t) full
Length	173.7 m (569 ft 11 in) LOA 167 m (547 ft 11 in) LWL
Beam	30.4 m (99 ft 9 in) extreme 25.6 m (84 ft 0 in) BWL
Draft	6.7 m (22 ft 0 in) maximum 7 m (23 ft 0 in) limit
Speed	21 knots (39 km/h; 24 mph)
Complement	58 officers, 502 enlisted
Armament	4 × 3-inch/50-caliber guns or 2 × 3-inch/50 cal. guns and 2 Phalanx CIWS

USS Shreveport (LPD-12) was an Austin-class amphibious transport dock. It was 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.