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USS Duluth (LPD-6)

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Career
Awarded:21 September 1961
Laid down:18 December 1963
Launched:14 August 1965
Commissioned:18 December 1965
Fate:Active, in commission
Homeport:San Diego, California
General Characteristics
Displacement:9079 tons light, 16861 tons full, 7782 tons dead
Length:173.4 meters (569 feet) overall, 167 meters (548 feet) waterline
Beam:32.9 meters (108 feet) extreme, 25.6 meters (84 feet) waterline
Draft:6.7 meters (22 feet) maximum, 7 meters (23 feet) limit
Complement:101 officers, 1337 men
USS Duluth (LPD-6), an Austin class amphibious transport dock, is the second ship of the United States Navy named for the city in Minnesota. Her keel was laid down on 18 December 1963 by the New York Naval Shipyard. She was launched on 14 August 1965 and commissioned on 18 December 1965.

Information on her forty-year career is needed.

References This article includes data from the Naval Vessel Registry. The Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships has no entry for LPD-6.


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