1965 to 2006    

LPD-4 USS Austin

US US Navy





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Flight Deck: 4
Call Sign: NEDO
Shipyard: New York Naval Shipyard





  Events


History of US USS Austin LPD-4

1963-feb-04Laid downLaid down
1964-jun-26LaunchedLaunched
1965-feb-06CommissionedCommissioned
1976AircraftAircraft Royal Navy Wessex XT461
1979 Operation to evacuate in Iran U.S. Embassy
1984-marDeploymentDeployment North Atlantic deployment including a RAS with RFA Grey Rover
2006-sep-27DecommissionedDecommissioned
2009-may-22Fate: scrappedFate: scrapped to Brownsville, Texas



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  Specifications


Austin class
420crew
900troops
9750light (tn)
17350full load (tn)
174length (m)
25.60beam (m)
7draught (m)
21max speed (knots)
24000power (shp)

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Typical Max
Landing platform only. No hangar
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  Builder


US New York Naval Shipyard,




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