The LPD-1 Raleigh Amphibious Transport Dock [LPD] ships transport and land Marines, their equipment and supplies by embarked landing craft or amphibious vehicles augmented by helicopters in amphibious assault. These versatile ships replace amphibious transports (APA), amphibious cargo ships (AKA) and the older LSDs, although their capabilities are less than those of the new LPD-4 and LSD-41 classes. Both ships of this class were retired in the early 1990s.
EX-U.S.S. Raleigh (LPD 1) was disposed as a target in surrogate Ship Shock Test/Trials to provide insight into platform vulnerabilities with respect to underwater proximity bursts on 04 December 1994.
Specifications | |
| Builder | |
| Power Plant | Two boilers, two steam turbines, two shafts, 24,000 shaft horsepower |
| Length | Overall Length: 522 ft Waterline Length: 500 ft |
| Beam | Extreme Beam: 100 ft Waterline Beam: 84 ft |
| Draft | Maximum Navigational Draft: 23 ft Draft Limit: 23 ft |
| Displacement | Light Displacement: 8650 tons Full Displacement: 14113 tons Dead Weight: 5463 tons |
| Armament | 6 - MK33 three-inch/50-caliber guns 2 - 20mm Phalanx CIWS |
| Speed | 21 knots |
| Crew | 429 ship's company; 930 troops |
| Aircraft | Landing only |
Ships | ||||||
| Name | Number | Builder | Homeport | Ordered | Commissioned | Decommissioned |
| Raleigh | LPD-1 | New York NSY | Norfolk | 19 Dec 1958 | 08 Sep 1962 | 31 Dec 1991 |
| Vancouver | LPD-2 | New York NSY | San Diego | 30 Dec 1959 | 10 May 1963 | 31 Mar 1992 |
| La Salle | LPD-3 | COMPLETED AS AGF-3 COMMAND SHIP | ||||
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