USS Austin (LPD-4)

GPTKB entity

Statements (46)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Arleigh_Burke-class_destroyer
Royal Navy ship
gptkbp:aircraftCarried CH-46 Sea Knight helicopters
gptkbp:armament 2 × Phalanx CIWS
2 × 25 mm Mk 38 guns
8 × .50 cal machine guns
gptkbp:awards gptkb:Meritorious_Unit_Commendation
gptkb:National_Defense_Service_Medal
gptkb:Humanitarian_Service_Medal
gptkb:Navy_Expeditionary_Medal
gptkb:Kuwait_Liberation_Medal_(Kuwait)
gptkb:Kuwait_Liberation_Medal_(Saudi_Arabia)
gptkb:Sea_Service_Deployment_Ribbon
gptkb:Navy_Unit_Commendation
gptkb:Armed_Forces_Expeditionary_Medal
gptkb:Southwest_Asia_Service_Medal
gptkbp:beam 84 feet
gptkbp:builder gptkb:New_York_Naval_Shipyard
gptkbp:class gptkb:Arleigh_Burke-class_destroyer
gptkbp:commissioned 6 February 1965
gptkbp:countryOfOrigin gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:crewComplement 426
gptkbp:decommissioned 27 September 2006
gptkbp:displacement 16,900 tons (full load)
gptkbp:fate To be disposed of as a target ship
gptkbp:homeport gptkb:Norfolk,_Virginia
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label USS Austin (LPD-4)
gptkbp:hullNumber gptkb:LPD-4
gptkbp:laidDown 4 February 1963
gptkbp:launched 27 June 1964
gptkbp:length 569 feet
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:Austin,_Texas
gptkbp:nickname gptkb:Awesome_Austin
gptkbp:notableEvent Participated in Operation Desert Storm
Participated in Operation Iraqi Freedom
Participated in Operation Restore Hope
gptkbp:operator gptkb:United_States_Navy
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Amphibious_Squadron_8
gptkb:United_States_Atlantic_Fleet
gptkbp:propulsion 2 steam turbines
gptkbp:seatingCapacity 900 troops
gptkbp:speed 21 knots
gptkbp:struck 8 November 2006
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Arleigh_Burke-class_destroyer
gptkb:Amphibious_Squadron_50
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5