USS Denver (LPD-9)

USS Denver (LPD-9)

USS "Denver" (LPD-9), an "Austin"-class amphibious transport dock, is the third ship of United States Navy to bear this name. "Denver"’s keel was laid July 7, 1964 at Lockheed Shipbuilding and Construction Company, Seattle, Washington. She was launched January 23, 1965, christened by Mrs. John A. Love, wife of the Governor of Colorado, and commissioned October 26, 1968.

Role in the SS "Columbia Eagle" mutiny

In 1970 the USS "Denver" played a key role in the SS "Columbia Eagle" incident. When the SS "Columbia Eagle" was commandeered by two mutinous crewmembers on March 14, 1970, "Denver" was immediately dispatched to intercept and recapture "Columbia Eagle". Fact|date=December 2007

"Denver" took part in Westpac 84 and took part in several operations including Operation Beach Guard, Operation Cobra Gold, & Operation Valiant Usher. On her return trip in December 1984, "Denver" participated in a tiger cruise. It was during this time that she collided with USS|New Orleans|LPH-11|6 in a refueling exercise, "New Orleans" who had her elevator out and smashed into the "Denver" several times.Fact|date=December 2007

Accidents Aboard Denver

On July 13th, 2000 the ship was participating in a refueling exercise near the end of a deployment with the USS|John C. Stennis|CVN-74|2 Battle Group. "Denver", off the coast of Oahu, rear-ended its refueling vessel, USNS|Yukon|T-AO-202|6. [http://www.navybuddies.com/ships/lpd9.htm] Damage to "Denver" was severe, tearing away 3/4 of her bow, leaving only the very top portion. [http://archives.cnn.com/2000/US/07/14/ships.collide.02/index.html]

External links

* [http://www.denver.navy.mil/ official website of USS "Denver"]
* [http://www.nvr.navy.mil/nvrships/details/LPD9.htm nvr.navy.mil: USS "Denver"]
* [http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/agency/navy/lpd-9.htm globalsecurity.org: USS "Denver"]
* [http://www.navsource.org/archives/10/09/0909.htm navsource.org: USS "Denver"]
* [http://navysite.de/ships/lpd9.htm navysite.de: USS "Denver"]
* [http://www.hullnumber.com/LPD-9 LPD-9 Personnel Roster at HullNumber.com]


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