AMERICA
USS Raleigh LPD 1
Top Row - Combat Action Ribbon - Navy Unit Commendation
Second Row - Navy Meritorious Unit Commendation - Navy Expeditionary Service Medal - National Defense Service Medal
Third Row - Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal - Southwest Asia Campaign Medal - Humanitarian Service Medal
November Quebec Charlie Echo
Ships Motto "Be Flexible"
Nickname "Ole Smokey"
by New York Naval Shipyard
Launched 17 March 1962; Commissioned USS Raleigh (LPD-1), 8 September 1962; Decommissioned 31 December 1991;
Struck from Naval Register 25 January 1992; Final Disposition, disposed of as a target 4 December 1994.
Specifications: Displacement 8,650 t.(lt), 13,600 t.(fl), Length 522 ', Beam 100', Draft 23 ft., Speed 20 kts., Complement
490, Troop Capacity 1,000, Armament 8 3"/50 Gun Mounts; Power Plant; 2 Boilers, 2 Geared Turbines, 2 Shafts, 24,000
Shaft Horsepower.
WebMaster of this site is William
Fair HTC USN Ret.
Plank Owner
Served aboard as SF2 From 6/62/
to 11/63
Transfered to USS Cadmus AR-14
Construction of this site begin
6/15/01
Last Update 11/4/07
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