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USS Cleveland (LPD-7)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Victor - Juliet - Delta
 NVJD
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons





Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Combat Action Ribbon (2- 22DEC1967, 14NOV1972) - Joint Unit Meritorious Award
Second Row - Navy Unit Commendation - Navy Meritorious Unit Commendation (3) - Navy Battle "E" Ribbon (8)
Third Row - National Defense Service Medal (2) - Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal (1-Op. Sharpe Edge, 1-Liberia, 2 -Op. Restore Hope, Somalia) Vietnam Service Medal (9)
Fourth Row - Southwest Asia Service Medal - Humanitarian Service Medal (1-Eniwetok Cleanup) - Coast Guard Commendation Ribbon (with Operational Distinguishing device)
Fifth Row - Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross Unit Citation (3) - Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal - Kuwait Liberation Medal (Kuwait)
Cleveland Class Amphibious Transport Dock:
  • Laid down, 25 January 1963, at Ingalls Shipbuilding Pascagoula, MS.
  • Launched, 7 May 1966
  • Commissioned USS Cleveland (LPD-7), 21 April 1967, at Norfolk, VA.
  • During the Vietnam War USS Cleveland (LPD-7) participated in the following campaigns:
    Vietnam War Campaigns
    Campaigns and Dates Campaigns and Dates
    Vietnamese Counteroffensive - Phase III
    12 November 1967 to 5 January 1968
    16 to 29 January 1968     		Vietnam Winter-Spring 1970
    1 to 9 and 22 to 26 November 1969
    Tet Counteroffensive
    30 January to 16 March 1968
    26 March to 1 April 1968     		Sanctuary Counteroffensive
    8 to 11 July 1970
    Vietnamese Counteroffensive - Phase IV
    2 April to 20 May 1968     		Vietnamese Counteroffensive - Phase VII
    17 to 19 December 1970
    27 to 28 December 1970
    8 to 26 January 1971
    3 February to 8 March 1971
    22 to 24 April 1971
    Tet 69/Counteroffensive
    5 to 29 May 1969
    5 to 8 June 1969     		Vietnam Ceasefire
    3 to 27 August 1972
    11 September to 9 October 1972
    28 October to 27 November 1972
    20 to 22 December 1972
    28 December 1972 to 7 January 1973
    22 to 27 January 1973
    27 February to 28 March 1973
    Vietnam Summer-Fall 1969
    9 June to 22 July 1969
    10 August to 16 September 1969
    27 September to 2 October 1969
    12 to 23 October 1969     		.

  • USS Cleveland is currently a member of the US Pacific Fleet and is Homeported at San Diego, CA.
  • USS Cleveland earned nine campaign stars for Vietnam War service
    Specifications:
    Displacement 9,734 t.(lt), 17,326 t.(fl)
    Length 570'
    Beam 100'
    Draft 23 ft.
    Speed 21 kts.
    Complement
    24 Officers
    400 Enlisted
    Troop and Flag Accommodations
    840 Troops
    90 Flag Staff
    Boats
    Assault Craft (well deck capacity)
    1 LCU or 1 LCAC, or 2 LCM-8 or 4 LCM-6
    Ships Boats)
    2 LCPL
    1 motor whaleboat
    Armament
    two 25 mm MK38 chain guns
    two Phalanx CIWS
    eight 50 cal. mgs.
    Aircraft
    two CH-46/CH-53 or four UH-1/AH-1, or two AV-8B Harriers
    Propulsion
    2 Foster-Wheeler boilers
    2 DeLaval steam turbines
    2 Shafts, 24,000 Shaft Horsepower
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    Cleveland 70k USS Cleveland (LPD-7), date and location unknown.
    US Navy photo    		 Jerry Hays
    Cleveland 70k USS Cleveland (LPD-7), departing San Diego, date unknown.
    US Navy photo    		 .
    Cleveland 85k USS Cleveland (LPD-7), at Hong Kong, in 1969, with a partial view of USS Catskill (MCS-1) at left. Photo by Larry Lee
    Cleveland 100k USS Cleveland (LPD-7) underway off the coast of Port Hueneme, CA., in support of search and recovery operations for Alaska Airlines Flight 261.
    US Navy photo # 000203-N-1523C-002 . Photo by PHCS Terry Cosgrove.    		 Bill Gonyo
    Cleveland 24k USS Cleveland (LPD-7) entering San Diego, harbor in Sept 2002.
    © Purcell 02 Photo by Ramón Purcell    		 Copies of this photo available from Ramón Purcell
    Cleveland 42k USS Cleveland (LPD-7) departing San Diego, outbound to sea loaded with US Marines and AH-1W " Super Cobra" attack helicopters in support of Operation Enduring Freedom, 17 January 2003.
    US Navy photo # 1-030117-N-2069B-011 from the Navy Newsstand web site.    		 Bernard A. Cardali
    Cleveland 70k USS Cleveland (LPD-7) moored at San Francisco, along the Embarcadero during Fleet Week 2003, 11 October 2003 Roy Thomas
    Cleveland 124k USS Cleveland (LPD-7) underway, date and location unknown. Richard Miller BMCS USNR Ret.
    Cleveland 99k USS Cleveland (LPD-7) departing San Diego, CA., date unknown. Wendell Royce McLaughlin Jr.
    Cleveland 94k USS Cleveland (LPD-7) underway, date and location unknown.
    US Navy photo.    		 Robert Hurst
    Cleveland 51k USS Cleveland (LPD-7) underway, date and location unknown.
    US Navy photo.    		 Robert Hurst
    Cleveland 438k A mobile security detachment boat escorts USS Cleveland (LPD 7) away from the pier following her involvement in the 57th annual Seattle Seafair, 7 August 2006. Seafair is Seattle's month-long traditional summer festival, which includes parades, amateur athletics, air shows and boat racing.
    US Navy photo # 060807-N-0763C-004 Seattle, Wash. (Aug. 7, 2006) by MC3 Tara Cornett.    		 Douglas Brown
    Cleveland 371k USS Cleveland (LPD-7) transits through Puget Sound during Seattle Seafair 2007 on 1 August 2007.
    US Navy photo # 070801-N-3390M-002 SEATTLE (Aug. 1, 2007) by MC2 Douglas G. Morrison.    		 Douglas Brown
    Cleveland 1943k USS Cleveland (LPD-7) moored pierside at Naval Station San Diego, CA., August 2007. Across the pier is USS Germantown (LSD-42) Richard Miller BMCS USNR Ret.
    Cleveland 1981k USS Cleveland (LPD-7) (left) and USS Germantown (LSD-42) moored pierside at Naval Station San Diego, CA., August 2007. Richard Miller BMCS USNR Ret.
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