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LPD-5 Ogden

Flag Hoist/International Radio Call Sign:
November - Foxtrot - Zulu - Victor
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons




Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Combat Action Ribbon (2, 3 July 1967 and 6 July 1967) - Navy Unit Commendation
Second Row - Navy Meritorious Unit Commendation (2) - Navy Battle "E" Ribbon - National Defense Service Medal
Third Row - Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal - Vietnam Service Medal (9) - Southwest Asia Service Medal (2)
Fourth Row - Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross Unit Citation (8) - Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal - Kuwait Liberation Medal (Kuwait)
Austin Class Amphibious Transport Dock:
  • Laid down, 4 February 1963, at New York Naval Shipyard, Brooklyn, N.Y.
  • Launched, 27 June 1964
  • Commissioned USS Ogden (LPD-5), 16 June 1965
  • During the Vietnam War Ogden (LPD-5) participated in the following campaigns:
    Vietnam War Campaigns
    Campaigns and Dates Campaigns and Dates
    Vietnam Counteroffensive
    28 February to 5 March 1966
    6 to 8 June 1966
    		 Vietnam Winter-Spring 1970
    16 to 26 December 1969
    8 to 13 January 1970
    26 to 30 January 1970
    30 March to 2 April 1970
    Vietnam Counteroffensive - Phase II
    17 March to 6 April 1967
    19 April to 28 May 1967
    		 Sanctuary Counteroffensive
    2 to 11 May 1970
    1 to 4 June 1970
    Vietnam Counteroffensive - Phase III
    10 June to 3 August 1967
    31 August to 3 September 1967
    		 Vietnam Counteroffensive - Phase VII
    29 September to 6 October 1970
    11 to 14 May 1971
    Vietnam Counteroffensive - Phase V
    23 to 26 August 1968
    31 August to 1 November 1968
    		 Vietnam Ceasefire
    28 October to 12 November 1972
    20 November to 6 December 1972
    8 to 20 January 1973
    27 to 28 January 1973
    22 February to 28 March 1973
    Vietnam Counteroffensive - Phase VI
    2 November to 8 December 1968
    28 December 1968 to 17 February 1969
    		 .

  • Decommissioned, 21 February 2007, at Naval Station San Diego
  • Ogden earned nine campaign stars for Vietnam War service
    Specifications:
    Displacement 9,201 t.(lt) 16,914 t.(fl)
    Length 589'
    Beam 105'
    Draft 23 ft.
    Speed 21 kts.
    Complement
    24 Officers
    396 Enlisted
    Troop Accommodations 900
    Armament
    two 25 mm MK38 guns
    two Phalanx CIWS
    eight 50 cal. mgs.
    Well Deck Capacity one LCAC or one LCU or four LCM-8 or nine LCM-6 or 24 amphibious assault vehicles (AAV)
    Aircraft none, but telescopic hangar installed aboard. The hangar is not used to accommodate helicopters but on the flight deck there is space for up to six CH-46
    Propulsion
    two Babcock & Wilcox 600 psi boilers
    two Steam Turbines
    two Shafts, 24,000 Shaft Horsepower
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    Ogden 94k Ogden (LPD-5) moored pierside at San Diego, February 1968 © Richard Leonhardt
    Ogden 121k Ogden (LPD-5) underway, circa 1965, place unknown.
    US Navy photo.    		 .
    Ogden 211k Ogden (LPD-5) underway, date and place unknown.
    US Navy photo.    		 .
    Ogden 15k Ogden (LPD-5) underway, date and place unknown.
    US Navy photo.    		 .
    Ogden 81k Ogden (LPD-5) underway, circa 1967, place unknown.
    US Navy photo.    		 .
    Ogden 85k Ogden (LPD-5) underway, place unknown, circa 1990. Jack Treutle
    Boxer 74k Boxer (LHD-4) Amphibious Ready Group underway in 1997. From left to right Ogden (LPD-5), Boxer (LHD-4) and Fort Fisher (LSD-40). Robert M. Cieri
    Ogden 173k Ogden (LPD-5) underway in Alaskan waters, 20 August 2005. Jack Treutle
    Ogden 69k Ogden (LPD-5) underway with her well open, but not flooded down, and Marine Corps RH-54 assault helicopter approaching, date and place unknown. Robert Hurst
    Ogden 87k Tugs guide Ogden (LPD-5) into her homeport at NavSta San Diego, 16 August 2006. Ogden, part of Expeditionary Strike Group Three (ESG-3), returned to San Diego after successfully completing a sixth month deployment in support of the global war on terrorism and maritime security operations (MSO).
    US Navy photo # 060816-N-4021H-008M from Navy Newsstand, by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Damien E. Horvath.    		 Lee Wahler
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