LPD-1 Raleigh

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