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NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive

Patches contributed by Mike Smolinski

USS Ogden (LPD-5)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Foxtrot - Zulu - Victor NFZV

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
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 USS 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

Size	Image Description	Contributed By
94k	*USS Ogden* (LPD-5)** moored pierside at San Diego, February 1968	© Richard Leonhardt
121k	*USS Ogden* (LPD-5)** underway, circa 1965, location unknown. US Navy photo.	.
211k	*USS Ogden* (LPD-5)** underway, date and location unknown. US Navy photo.	.
15k	*USS Ogden* (LPD-5)** underway, date and location unknown. US Navy photo.	.
81k	*USS Ogden* (LPD-5)** underway, circa 1967, location unknown. US Navy photo.	.
85k	*USS Ogden* (LPD-5)** underway, location unknown, circa 1990.	Jack Treutle
74k	*USS Boxer* (LHD-4) Amphibious Ready Group underway in 1997. From left to right USS Ogden (LPD-5), USS Boxer (LHD-4) and USS Fort Fisher (LSD-40)**.	Robert M. Cieri
143k	*USS Ogden* (LPD-5)** moored pierside at the US Navy Weapons Station, Seal Beach, CA>, 27 June 2005.	Jerry Search
916k	*USS Ogden* (LPD-5) is assisted by the civilian harbor tug Kodiak King** at Kodiak Island, Alaska as the ship arrives, 13 August 2005, for a port visit during the Alaska Shield/Northern Edge joint exercise. Alaska Shield/Northern Edge 2005 is the largest homeland defense/homeland security exercise ever conducted in Alaska. The exercise is the first opportunity within the state to exercise an integrated local, state and federal government response to a series of simulated emergencies including natural disasters, terrorist attacks and mass casualty scenarios. US Navy photo # 050813-N-0793G-025 Kodiak Island, Alaska (Aug. 13, 2005) by JO3 Chris Gethings.	Robert M. Cieri
173k	*USS Ogden* (LPD-5)** underway in Alaskan waters, 20 August 2005.	Jack Treutle
69k	*USS 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
97k	*LCU-1632* entering the well deck of *USS Ogden* (LPD-5)**, date and location unknown. US Navy photo from the Global Security web site.	.
87k	Tugs guide *USS Ogden* (LPD-5) into her berth 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 MCSN Damien E. Horvath.	Lee Wahler