Austin class - L - Landing Ship/Platform Dock IMO: MMSI: Flight Deck: 4 Call Sign: NEDO Shipyard: New York Naval Shipyard Events ---Filter---Laid downLaunchedCommissionedDecommissionedFate: scrappedDeploymentAircraft History of 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 Add new event for this unitYear:Month: <- (1/12) Optional Day: <- (1/31) Optional Text: Add Event Specifications Austin class 420crew 900troops 9750light (tn) 17350full load (tn) 174length (m) 25.60beam (m) 7draught (m) 21max speed (knots) 24000power (shp) Aircraft Typical Max Landing platform only. No hangar USMC B-V 107M H-46 Sea Knight 06 USMC Sikorsky S-65 H-53 04 Builder New York Naval Shipyard,