LPD-15 Ponce

Country:  United States

Class, [Type]: Austin, [LPD].

Builder: Lockheed SB & Construction CO, Seattle, Washington, U.S.A.

Launch date: 20 May 1970.

Commission date: 10 July 1971.

Decommission date: 14 October 2017.

Displacement ( tons ): 9.130 standard, 16.500-17.244 full load.

Dimensions ( metres ): 173,8 x 30,5 x 6,7

Main machinery: 2 x Foster & Wheeler boilers, 2 x De Laval turbines ( 24.000 hp ), 2 shafts.

Speed ( knots ): 21.

Range ( miles ): 7.700 at 20 knots.

Complement: 420 ( 24 officers ).

Guns: 2 x GE/GD Vulcan Phalanx Mk15 CIWS 20mm.

Military lift: 930 soldiers, 9 x LCM6 or 4 x LCM8 or 2 x LCAC or 20 x LVTs. 4 x LCPL/LVCP.

Radar: Air: Lockheed SPS 40B/C, E/F bands, 320km range. Surface: Norden SPS67; G band. Navigation: Marconi LN66; I band. TACAN: URN25.

Countermeasures: Decoys: 4 x Loral Hycor SRBOC Mk36; chaff and flare dispensers; ESM: SLQ 32(V)1.

Helicopter: Able to carry 6 x CH46D/E Seaknight.

Callsign: NSBJ ()

Awards (as of 14/10/2017): 

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