LPD-15

GPTKB entity

Statements (32)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Arleigh_Burke-class_destroyer
gptkbp:aircraftCarried gptkb:MV-22_Osprey
CH-46 Sea Knight helicopters
gptkbp:armament 2 × Phalanx CIWS
2 × 25 mm Mk 38 guns
8 × .50 cal machine guns
gptkbp:beam 84 ft
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Lockheed_Shipbuilding_and_Construction_Company
gptkbp:class gptkb:Arleigh_Burke-class_destroyer
gptkbp:commissioned 10 July 1971
gptkbp:crewComplement 28 officers, 480 enlisted
gptkbp:decommissioned 14 March 2017
gptkbp:displacement 16,914 tons (full load)
gptkbp:fate To be disposed of by scrapping
gptkbp:homeport gptkb:Norfolk,_Virginia
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label LPD-15
gptkbp:hullNumber gptkb:LPD-15
gptkbp:laidDown 31 October 1966
gptkbp:launched 20 May 1970
gptkbp:length 569 ft
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:Ponce,_Puerto_Rico
gptkbp:notableEvent Participated in Operation Praying Mantis
Supported mine countermeasures operations
Served as Afloat Forward Staging Base in the Persian Gulf
gptkbp:officialName gptkb:USS_Ponce
gptkbp:operator gptkb:United_States_Navy
gptkbp:propulsion 2 boilers, 2 steam turbines, 24,000 shp, 2 shafts
gptkbp:seatingCapacity 930 troops
gptkbp:speed 21 knots
gptkbp:status decommissioned
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:USS_Ponce_(LPD-15)
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6