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USS Denver (LPD-9)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Alpha - Yankee - Romeo NAYR

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Combat Action Ribbon (24MAY72)- Joint Meritorious Unit Award - Navy Unit Commendation (5)
Second Row - Navy Meritorious Unit Commendation - Navy Battle "E" Ribbon (5) - Navy Expeditionary Medal (1-Iran/Indian Ocean)
Third Row - National Defense Service Medal (2) - Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal (5) - Vietnam Service Medal (6)
Fourth Row - Southwest Asia Service Medal - Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal- Humanitarian Service Medal (4)
Fifth Row - Navy Sea Service Deployment Ribbon - Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal - Kuwait Liberation Medal (Kuwait)

Austin Class Amphibious Transport Dock:

Laid down, 7 February 1964, at Lockheed Shipbuilding and Construction, Seattle, WA.

Launched, 23 January 1965

Commissioned USS Denver (LPD-9), 26 October 1968

During the Vietnam War USS Denver (LPD-9) participated in the following campaigns:

**Vietnam War Campaigns**
Campaign and Dates	Campaign and Dates
Vietnam Winter-Spring 1970 25 to 27 February 1970 12 to 30 March 1970 26 to 27 April 1970 30 April 1970	Consolidation I 1 to 19 November 1971
Sanctuary Counteroffensive 1 to 2 May1970 10 to 11 May 1970 20 to 22 May 1970 10 to 17 June1970	Consolidation II 23 to 28 January 1972 10 to 12 February 1972
Vietnamese Counteroffensive - Phase VII 19 to 22 July 1970 7 to 20 August 1970 23 to 26 March 1971 31 May to 9 June 1971	Vietnam Ceasefire 30 March to 3 April 1972 8 April to 27 May 1972 19 June to 28 July 1972

USS Denver is currently assigned to the Amphibious Force, COMNAVSURFPAC and will be forward deployed at Sasebo, Japan in July 2008

USS Denver earned six 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

Officers 24

Enlisted 400
Troop Accommodations 840
Flag Staff Accommodations 90
Boats, Assault Craft

Well Deck

one LCU or one LCAC, or two LCM-8s or four LCM-6s

Ship's Boats

two LCPL

one motor whaleboat
Armament

four twin 3"/50 cal. gun mounts replaced by two 25 mm MK38 chain guns

two Phalanx CIWS

eight 50 cal. machine guns
Aircraft

two CH-46/CH-53 or four UH-1/AH-1, or two AV-8B Harriers
Propulsion

two Foster-Wheeler boilers

two DeLaval steam turbines

twin propellers, 24,000shp

Size	Image Description	Contributed By
129k	Denver (LPD-9) fitting out at Lockheed Shipbuilding and Construction, Seattle, WA., 29 August 1965	Ron Reeves
70k	*USS Denver* (LPD-9)** underway, date and location unknown DVIC Photo # DN-SN-85-00425, 1964, a US Navy photo from the collections of the Defense Visual Information Center.	DVIC
340k	*USS Denver* (LPD-9)** underway, location unknown, circa 1970	Photo distributed by Lockheed Shipbuilding, Submitted by CDR. Louis D Chirillo USN Ret
124k	*USS Denver* (LPD-9)** at anchor, while landing craft transporting South Vietnamese Marines head for the well deck, during preparations for Operation Lam Son 72, 11 July 1972. A US Marine Corps. photo now in the collections of the Department of Defense Photo # A800676. Photos and text from "Fighting To Leave" by Colonel Robert E. Stoffey, USMC (Ret.)	Robert Hurst
520k	Sailors on the flight deck of *USS Denver* (LPD-9)** direct an MH-53E Sea Dragon from Helicopter Mine Countermeasures Squadron Fifteen (HM-15), of Corpus Christi, Texas, during lift-off for anti-mine warfare operation in Exercise Kernel Blitz '97. KERNEL BLITZ is taking place off the coast of Southern California and Camp Pendleton to train Navy and Marine Corps personnel in amphibious operations. . US Navy photo # 970620-N-3149V-011 PACIFIC OCEAN (20 June 1997) by PH2 (NAC) Jeff Viano.	Robert M. Cieri
98k	*USS Denver* (LPD-9)** cruises off the coast of southern California, 21 June 1997, as the central mine counter-measures support ship in Exercise Kernel Blitz '97. US Navy photo # 970621-N-3149V-001	Bill Gonyo
94k	*USS Denver* (LPD-9)** lays at anchor off the coast of southern California, 24 June 1997, as an air-cushion landing craft (LCAC) heads toward her well deck during Exercise Kernel Blitz '97. US Navy photo # 970624-N-3149V-001 by PH2 (NAC) Jeffrey S. Viano.	Bill Gonyo
102k	*USS Denver* (LPD-9)** underway during fleet operations in the Pacific. An SH-60 "Seahawk" assigned to Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron Light Four One (HSL-41), flies overhead, 30 September 1997. US Navy photo # 970930-N-0000U-016.	Bill Gonyo
19k	*USS Denver* (LPD-9) entering Pearl Harbor after a collision at sea with USNS Yukon (T-AO-202)**. The collision occurred during an attempted UNREP 13 July, 2000 about 180 miles west of Oahu. US Navy photo	Jim Bedient
23k	Another view of the damage done to *USS Denver* (LPD-9) after colliding at sea with USNS Yukon (T-AO-202)** during an attempted UNREP 13 July, 2000 about 180 miles west of Oahu. US Navy photo	Jim Bedient
79k	*USS Denver* (LPD-9)** underway, date and location unknown.	Richard Miller BMCS USNR Ret.
1127k	Security personnel patrol the waters of Anaheim Bay while *USS Denver* (LPD-9) takes on ammunition. Naval Weapons Station Seal Beach, CA.** is the Navy’s primary West Coast ordnance storage, loading and maintenance installation, serving an average of eighty warships each year. The station recently installed a buoy-based security barrier to clearly delineate the restricted area of Anaheim Bay for civilian boaters. US Navy photo # 040210-N-1159B-009 Naval Weapons Station Seal Beach, Calif. (Feb 10, 2004) by JO2 Brain Brannon.	Robert M. Cieri
852k	A newly installed buoy-based security barrier stretches around *USS Denver* (LPD-9) as the ship takes on ammunition. As a visual line of demarcation, the barrier serves to warn civilian boaters to stay in the small craft channel of Anaheim Bay, which is owned by the Naval Weapons Station Seal Beach.*. The barriers also help security personnel to quickly and easily identify any vessels crossing into the restricted area. US Navy photo # 040210-N-1159B-006 Naval Weapons Station Seal Beach, Calif. (Feb 10, 2004)* by JO2 Brain Brannon.	Robert M. Cieri
4393k	*USS Denver* (LPD-9) departs from Pier 6 Naval Air Station North Island, CA.*, to conduct routine work-up training off the coast of Southern California. Navy ships and submarines often conduct routine drills and exercises off the Southern California coast in preparation for deployments. US Navy photo # 050215-N-1356A-002 San Diego, Calif. (Feb. 15, 2005)* by PH2 Charles E. Alvarado.	Robert M. Cieri
232k	*USS Denver* (LPD-9) and USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD-6) steam through the Gulf of Oman. Bonhomme Richard and Denver, as part of the Bonhomme Richard Expeditionary Strike Group**, are on regularly scheduled deployments in support of Maritime Operations. Maritime Operations help set the conditions for security and stability, as well as complement counter-terrorism and security efforts to regional nations.US Navy photo # 070522-N-8157C-1197 Arabian Sea (May 22, 2007) by MC1 Denny Cantrell.	Bill Gonyo
502k	*USS Denver* (LPD-9)** moored pierside at Naval Station San Diego, date unknown.	Richard Miller BMCS USNR Ret.
1657k	Sailors man the rails as *USS Denver* (LPD-9)** returns to Fleet Activities Sasebo following a three-month fall patrol in the Asian-Pacific region. Denver is part of the Essex Amphibious Ready Group which serves under Task Force 76, the Navy's only permanently forward-deployed amphibious force commander. The ship completed its first deployment as part of the U.S. Seventh Fleet Forward Deployed Naval Forces. US Navy photo # 081202-N-0807W-119 SASEBO, Japan (Dec. 2, 2008) by MC2 Joshua J. Wahl.	Robert M. Cieri
998k	*USS Denver* (LPD-9)** getting underway during a heavy rain storm to participate in exercise Talisman Saber '09. Talisman Saber is an Australian and U.S. combined exercise designed to prepare both nations in crisis action planning and the execution of contingency operations. US Navy photo # 090610-N-0807W-157 SASEBO, Japan (June 10, 2009) by MC2 Joshua J. Wahl.	Lee Wahler
964k	Ensign Daniel J. Rocha, assigned to the minesweeper *USS Guardian* (MCM-5), looks on as USS Denver (LPD-9)** departs Sasebo for her fall patrol. US Navy photo # 090923-N-8335D-147 SASEBO, Japan (Sept. 23, 2009) by MC1 Richard Doolin.	Lee Wahler
2043k	*USS Denver* (LPD-9)** rests in her berth at Fleet Activities Sasebo as snow falls over Japan's Kyushu region. US Navy photo # 100113-N-0807W-033 SASEBO, Japan (Jan. 13, 2010) by MC1 Geronimo Aquino.	Lee Wahler
1109k	*USS Denver* (LPD-9)** pulls into Laem Chabang for a scheduled port visit after completing Cobra Gold 2010. Cobra Gold is a joint and coalition multinational exercise hosted annually by the Kingdom of Thailand. US Navy photo # 100215-N-6692A-043 LAEM CHABANG, Thailand (Feb. 15, 2010) by MC2 Joshua J. Wahl.	Lee Wahler
1304k	The Republic of the Philippines navy Jacinto-class corvette ship *BRP Apolinario Mabini* (PS-36), left, the Republic of the Philippines navy Bacolod City-class auxiliary ship BRP Dagupan City (LC-551), center, and the Republic of the Philippines navy Cannon-class frigate BRP Rajah Humabon (PF-11), right, cruise in formation with the amphibious transport dock USS Denver (LPD-9) and the forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD-2)** while taking part in exercise Balikatan 2010 (BK 10). BK 10 is an annual, bilateral exercise designed to improve interoperability between the U.S. and Republic of the Philippines. US Navy photo # 100314-N-0120A-659 SOUTH CHINA SEA (March 14, 2010) by MC2 Mark R. Alvarez.	Robert Hurst
1673k	*USS Denver* (LPD-9) passes along side Singapore Navy amphibious transport dock RSS Resolution (LPD-208) in the Gulf of Thailand during Cobra Gold, 20 February 2011. Denver** is part of the forward-deployed Essex Amphibious Ready Group and is underway participating in Cobra Gold, a multinational military exercise co-sponsored by the U.S. and Thailand. US Navy photo # 110220-N-6692A-058 GULF OF THAILAND (Feb. 20, 2011) by MC1 Geronimo C. Aquino.	Robert Hurst
1351k	*USS Denver* (LPD-9)** moors at Laem Chabang after participating in Cobra Gold 2011. Cobra Gold is a joint and coalition multinational exercise hosted annually by the Kingdom of Thailand. US Navy photo # 110221-N-6692A-109 LAEM CHABANG, Thailand (Feb. 21, 2011) by MC1 Geronimo C. Aquino.	Lee Wahler
1345k	*USS Denver* (LPD-9) transits the Philippine Sea during a scheduled deployment. Denver** is part of the Bonhomme Richard Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) and is currently operating in the 7th Fleet area of operations US Navy photo # 120924-N-WX580-050 PHILIPPINE SEA (Sept. 24, 2012) by MCSN Lacordrick Wilson.	Lee Wahler
1237k	The amphibious transport dock ship *USS Denver* (LPD-9), far left, pulls alongside USNS Tippecanoe (T-AO-199) to conduct a dual replenishment at sea with the forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD-6)** (not shown). US Navy photo # 120924-N-WX580-069 PHILIPPINE SEA (Sept. 24, 2012) by MCSN Lacordrick Wilson.	Lee Wahler

For more photos and information about USS Denver, see;
Command History/Operations Reports

USS Denver (LPD-9)
Navy Fact File - Amphibious Transport Dock - LPD

Official US Navy Photographs of the Burial-at-Sea of the remains of HTC Anthony J. Cieri, Jr., USN (Ret), from the USS Denver (LPD-9), Monday 13 June 1977.
Welcome Aboard pamphlet for 1982
Commanding Officers

Crew Contact And Reunion Information
U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log

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