USS Dubuque (LPD-8)

	Dubuque in 2003
History
United States
Name	Dubuque
Namesake	the city of Dubuque, Iowa
Ordered	25 January 1963
Builder	Ingalls Shipbuilding
Laid down	25 January 1965
Launched	6 August 1966
Commissioned	1 September 1967
Decommissioned	30 June 2011
Stricken	13 November 2017
Identification	Hull number: LPD-8
Motto	Our Country: Heritage, and Future
Nickname(s)	The Mighty 8
Honors and; awards	Navy Unit Commendation (2); Meritorious Unit Commendation (3); Battle Efficiency Award (3); Vietnam Gallantry Cross Unit Citation;
Status	Sunk as target, 11 July 2024
Badge	Seal of Dubuque
General characteristics
Class and type	Austin-class amphibious transport dock
Displacement	17,252 long tons (17,529 t) light;; 9,521 long tons (9,674 t) full;; 7,731 long tons (7,855 t) dwt;
Length	569 ft (173 m) overall;; 548 ft (167 m) waterline;
Beam	100 ft (30 m) extreme;; 84 ft (26 m) waterline;
Draft	23 ft (7.0 m) maximum
Decks	well deck 7,000 sq ft (650 m2)
Ramps	2
Installed power	24,000 per shaft (2 shafts)
Propulsion	Two 600 psi (4,100 kPa) Foster-Wheeler boilers, two Delaval steam turbines, two shafts
Speed	21 knots (39 km/h; 24 mph)
Boats & landing ; craft carried	2 RHIB
Capacity	cargo capacity 2,500 tons
Complement	24 officers, 396 enlisted, 840 marine troops, 90 flag/staff personnel
Armament	2 × 25 mm Mk 38 chain guns; 2 × 20 mm Mk 15 Phalanx CIWS; 8 × .50-caliber machine guns;
Aircraft carried	Two CH-46/CH-53 equivalents, or four UH-1/AH-1 equivalents, or two AV-8B Harriers
Aviation facilities	1 hangar

USS Dubuque (LPD-8) was an Austin-class amphibious transport dock of the United States Navy.

USS Dubuque was the second ship named after Dubuque, Iowa on the Mississippi River and her founder, Julien Dubuque - a French Canadian explorer. USS Dubuque was commissioned on 1 September 1967 at Norfolk Naval Shipyard in Portsmouth, Virginia.^[1]

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History
Dubuque in 2003
United States
Name	Dubuque
Namesake	the city of Dubuque, Iowa
Ordered	25 January 1963
Builder	Ingalls Shipbuilding
Laid down	25 January 1965
Launched	6 August 1966
Commissioned	1 September 1967
Decommissioned	30 June 2011
Stricken	13 November 2017
Identification	Hull number: LPD-8
Motto	Our Country: Heritage, and Future
Nickname(s)	The Mighty 8
Honors and awards	Navy Unit Commendation (2) Meritorious Unit Commendation (3) Battle Efficiency Award (3) Vietnam Gallantry Cross Unit Citation
Status	Sunk as target, 11 July 2024
Badge	Seal of Dubuque
General characteristics
Class and type	Austin-class amphibious transport dock
Displacement	17,252 long tons (17,529 t) light; 9,521 long tons (9,674 t) full; 7,731 long tons (7,855 t) dwt
Length	569 ft (173 m) overall; 548 ft (167 m) waterline
Beam	100 ft (30 m) extreme; 84 ft (26 m) waterline
Draft	23 ft (7.0 m) maximum
Decks	well deck 7,000 sq ft (650 m²)
Ramps	2
Installed power	24,000 per shaft (2 shafts)
Propulsion	Two 600 psi (4,100 kPa) Foster-Wheeler boilers, two Delaval steam turbines, two shafts
Speed	21 knots (39 km/h; 24 mph)
Boats & landing craft carried	2 RHIB
Capacity	cargo capacity 2,500 tons
Complement	24 officers, 396 enlisted, 840 marine troops, 90 flag/staff personnel
Armament	2 × 25 mm Mk 38 chain guns 2 × 20 mm Mk 15 Phalanx CIWS 8 × .50-caliber machine guns
Aircraft carried	Two CH-46/CH-53 equivalents, or four UH-1/AH-1 equivalents, or two AV-8B Harriers
Aviation facilities	1 hangar