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USS Denver (LPD-9)
USS Denver (LPD-9), an Austin-class amphibious transport dock, was the third ship of United States Navy to bear this name. Denver's keel was laid on 7 July 1964 at Lockheed Shipbuilding and Construction Company, Seattle, Washington. She was launched on 23 January 1965, christened by Mrs. Ann Daniels Love, wife of John A. Love, the former governor of Colorado, and commissioned on 26 October 1968. After 46 years of service, Denver was decommissioned at Joint Base Pearl Harbor–Hickam on 14 August 2014. At the time of her decommissioning, Denver was the oldest deployable warship in the U.S. Navy, and was one of the last active warships to have served in Vietnam.
In 1970, Denver played a key role in the SS Columbia Eagle incident. When Columbia Eagle was commandeered by two mutinous crew members on 14 March 1970, Denver was immediately dispatched to intercept and recapture Columbia Eagle.[citation needed] Denver never really caught up with Columbian Eagle, and sat outside the 12-mile (19 km) limits of Cambodia (to where Columbia Eagle had been diverted) for a few days then departed the area.
On 21 July 1972 United States Marine Corps AH-1 helicopters operating from Denver attacked North Vietnamese barges 30 miles (48 km) north-northwest of Đồng Hới.
In April 1975, Denver participated in Operation Frequent Wind, the evacuation of Saigon, South Vietnam.
In December 1979, Denver participated in the filming of the motion picture Raise the Titanic based on the novel authored by Clive Cussler.
On 3 September 1993, Denver left her home port of San Diego and deployed with 900 Marines and a platoon from Seal Team 5 to support operations in Somalia as part of United Nations Operation in Somalia II (UNOSOM II).
On 13 July 2000, the ship was participating in a refueling exercise near the end of a deployment. Denver, off the coast of Oahu, collided with its refueling vessel, USNS Yukon. Denver's bow was seriously damaged. It remained in port at Pearl Harbor undergoing repairs for two weeks. An investigation into the accident found Denver responsible.
In 2008, Denver replaced USS Juneau. The crew from Juneau took all relevant gear and documents from Juneau and transferred them to Denver. Denver was then home-ported at Sasebo Naval Base, Japan, where she remained until being decommissioned.[citation needed]
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USS Denver (LPD-9)
USS Denver (LPD-9), an Austin-class amphibious transport dock, was the third ship of United States Navy to bear this name. Denver's keel was laid on 7 July 1964 at Lockheed Shipbuilding and Construction Company, Seattle, Washington. She was launched on 23 January 1965, christened by Mrs. Ann Daniels Love, wife of John A. Love, the former governor of Colorado, and commissioned on 26 October 1968. After 46 years of service, Denver was decommissioned at Joint Base Pearl Harbor–Hickam on 14 August 2014. At the time of her decommissioning, Denver was the oldest deployable warship in the U.S. Navy, and was one of the last active warships to have served in Vietnam.
In 1970, Denver played a key role in the SS Columbia Eagle incident. When Columbia Eagle was commandeered by two mutinous crew members on 14 March 1970, Denver was immediately dispatched to intercept and recapture Columbia Eagle.[citation needed] Denver never really caught up with Columbian Eagle, and sat outside the 12-mile (19 km) limits of Cambodia (to where Columbia Eagle had been diverted) for a few days then departed the area.
On 21 July 1972 United States Marine Corps AH-1 helicopters operating from Denver attacked North Vietnamese barges 30 miles (48 km) north-northwest of Đồng Hới.
In April 1975, Denver participated in Operation Frequent Wind, the evacuation of Saigon, South Vietnam.
In December 1979, Denver participated in the filming of the motion picture Raise the Titanic based on the novel authored by Clive Cussler.
On 3 September 1993, Denver left her home port of San Diego and deployed with 900 Marines and a platoon from Seal Team 5 to support operations in Somalia as part of United Nations Operation in Somalia II (UNOSOM II).
On 13 July 2000, the ship was participating in a refueling exercise near the end of a deployment. Denver, off the coast of Oahu, collided with its refueling vessel, USNS Yukon. Denver's bow was seriously damaged. It remained in port at Pearl Harbor undergoing repairs for two weeks. An investigation into the accident found Denver responsible.
In 2008, Denver replaced USS Juneau. The crew from Juneau took all relevant gear and documents from Juneau and transferred them to Denver. Denver was then home-ported at Sasebo Naval Base, Japan, where she remained until being decommissioned.[citation needed]
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