&sq=&lang=&file=File:Sikorsky_SH-60B_Seahawk_of_HSL-41_flies_over_USS_Denver_(LPD-9)_on_30_September_1997_(970930-N-0000U-016).jpg) USS Denver in September 1997
| |
| History | |
|---|---|
 United States | |
| Name | Denver |
| Namesake | City of Denver, Colorado |
| Awarded | 23 May 1963 |
| Builder | Lockheed Shipbuilding |
| Laid down | 7 July 1964 |
| Launched | 23 January 1965 |
| Commissioned | 26 October 1968 |
| Decommissioned | 14 August 2014 |
| Stricken | 13 November 2017 |
| Identification | Hull number: LPD-9 |
| Fate | Sunk as target, 22 July 2022 |
| Badge | &sq=&lang=&file=File:USS_Denver_LPD-9_Crest.png) |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Austin-class amphibious transport dock |
| Tonnage | 9,687 tons |
| Displacement | 17,425 tons |
| Length | 561 ft 0 in (171 m) overall |
| Beam | 82 ft 8 in (25.2 m) |
| Propulsion | 2 × 600 lb. Babcock & Wilcox D Type boilers, two steam turbines, two shafts, 24,000 shp (18,000 kW) |
| Speed | 21 knots (39 km/h; 24 mph) |
| Complement | 24 officers, 396 enlisted, 900 marines |
| Armament |
|
| Aircraft carried | Up to six CH-46 Sea Knight helicopters |
USS Denver (LPD-9), an Austin-class amphibious transport dock, was the third ship of United States Navy to bear this name. Denver's keel was laid on 7 July 1964 at Lockheed Shipbuilding and Construction Company, Seattle, Washington. She was launched on 23 January 1965, christened by Mrs. Ann Daniels Love, wife of John A. Love, the former governor of Colorado, and commissioned on 26 October 1968. After 46 years of service, Denver was decommissioned at Joint Base Pearl Harbor–Hickam on 14 August 2014. At the time of her decommissioning, Denver was the oldest deployable warship in the U.S. Navy, and was one of the last active warships to have served in Vietnam.