USS Trenton (LPD-14)

For other ships with the same name, see USS Trenton.

USS Trenton at Fleet Week 2004
Trenton's crew "man the rail" as a commercial tug pushes them to the pier at Port Everglades, Florida, for Fleet Week 2004.
History
United States
NameTrenton
NamesakeTrenton, New Jersey
Ordered17 May 1965
Laid down8 August 1966
Launched3 August 1968
Commissioned6 March 1971
Decommissioned17 January 2007
Stricken17 January 2007
HomeportNorfolk, Virginia
IdentificationHull number: LPD-14
Motto"Press On"
FateSold to Indian Navy on 17 January 2007
India
NameINS Jalashwa
Acquired17 January 2007
StatusActive
General characteristics
Class and typeAustin-class amphibious transport dock
Tonnage7,696 DWT
Displacement
  • 8,894 long tons (9,037 t)
  • 16,590 long tons (16,860 t) full
Length
Beam
  • 99 ft 9 in (30.4 m) extreme
  • 25.6 m (84 ft 0 in) waterline
Draft
  • 22 ft 0 in (6.7 m) maximum
  • 23 ft 0 in (7 m) limit
Speed21 knots (39 km/h; 24 mph)
Complement28 officers, 480 enlisted, 1,436 Marines
Armament4 × 3 in/50 caliber AA gun mounts
Aircraft carriedUp to six CH-46 Sea Knight helicopters

USS Trenton (LPD-14) was an Austin-class amphibious transport dock, the third ship of the United States Navy to be named for the capital of New Jersey. In 2007, it was sold to the Indian Navy and renamed INS Jalashwa.