PLATFORM TYPE:   AUSTIN CLASS AMPHIBIOUS TRANSPORT DOCK
                 (LPD)
PLATFORM NAME:   USS AUSTIN LPD 4
                 USS OGDEN LPD 5
                 USS DUBUQUE LPD 8
                 USS DENVER LPD 9
                 USS SHREVEPORT LPD 12
                 USS NASHVILLE LPD 13
                 USS TRENTON LPD 14

DESCRIPTION:     AMPHIBIOUS TRANSPORT CAPABLE OF
                 MOVING LARGE NUMBERS OF TROOPS AND
                 SUPPLIES IN AMPHIBIOUS ASSAULT OPERATIONS
SPEED:           21KTS
MANNING LEVEL:   420 PLUS 930 TROOPS
MILITARY LIFT:   9 LCM 6'S OR 4 LCM 8'S; 2 LCAC
                 OR 20 LVT'S; 4 LCPL OR LCUP'S.
DIMENSIONS:      570 x 100 x 23 FT
DISPLACEMENT:    17,244 FULL LOAD
RANGE:           7,700 AT 20KTS

GUNS:            2 0R 4 USN 3 IN MK33 (76mm)
                 2 VULCAN PHALANX 6-BARREL GUNS

RADARS:
    (AIR SEARCH):           SPS-40B/B
    (SURFACE SEARCH):       SPS-10F
                            SPS-67
    (NAVIGATION):           LN-66

    (TACAN):                URN-25

    (IFF):                  MKXII AIMS UPX-29

ELECTRONIC WARFARE SENSORS: ESM/ECM SLQ-32(V)1 OR 2

COUNTERMEASURES: 4-SRBOC 6-BARREL MK36 CHAFF AND
                 IR DECOY SYSTEM

COMBAT DATA SYSTEMS:   SATCOM SRR-1
                       WSC-3(UHF)

AIRCRAFT:        TYPICAL LOAD INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING:
                 1 SH-60B, 2 CH-46D, 2 TWIN HUEYs

COUNTRY:         USA
COMMENTS:        EIGHT AUSTIN CLASS LPD'S WERE INVOLVED IN
                 THE GULF WAR OF 1991.
