USS Nashville patrolling the Arabian Sea in 2006
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United States | |
Name | USS Nashville |
Namesake | Nashville, Tennessee |
Operator | United States Navy |
Ordered | 15 May 1964[1] |
Builder | Lockheed Shipbuilding |
Laid down | 14 March 1966[1] |
Launched | 7 October 1967[1] |
Acquired | 26 December 1969[1] |
Commissioned | 14 February 1970[1] |
Decommissioned | 30 September 2009[2] |
Stricken | 13 November 2017 |
Status | Scrapped in Brownsville 2022 |
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Class and type | Austin-class amphibious transport dock |
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Propulsion | Two boilers, two steam turbines, two shafts, 24,000 shp (18,000 kW) each[1] |
Speed | 21 knots (39 km/h; 24 mph)[1] |
Complement | Ship's company: 489 (59 officers, 430 enlisted); Marine detachment: 900[1] |
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Aircraft carried | Up to six CH-46 Sea Knight helicopters[3] |
USS Nashville (LPD-13), was an Austin-class amphibious transport dock and the third ship of the United States Navy to be named for the capital city of 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.
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