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NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive

Contributed by Mike Smolinski

USS Trenton (LPD-14)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Echo - Delta - Golf NEDG

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Combat Action Ribbon - Joint Meritorious Unit Award
Second Row - Navy Unit Commendation - Navy Meritorious Unit Commendation - Navy Battle "E" Ribbon (5 stars)
Third Row - Third Row - National Defense Service Medal - Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal (2-Lebanon, 1-Grenada, 1-Somalia, 1-Persian Gulf) - Southwest Asia Service Medal
Fourth Row - Armed Forces Service Medal (2) - Humanitarian Service Medal - Kuwait Liberation Medal (Kuwait)

USS Trenton (LPD-14) was transferred to India, renamed INS Jalashwa

Trenton Class Amphibious Transport Dock:

Launched, 3 August 1968, at Lockheed Shipbuilding and Construction, Seattle, WA.

Commissioned USS Trenton (LPD-14), 6 March 1971, CAPT. Karl R. Thiele in command

Trenton is homeported at Norfolk, VA., and is a member of Amphibious Group II, reporting to COMNAVSURFLANT

Decommissioned and turned over to the Indian Navy, 17 January 2007, renamed INS Jalashwa

Commissioned into the Indian Navy, 22 June 2007

Specifications:
Displacement 8,894 t.(lt), 16,590 t.(fl)
Length 570'
Beam 100'
Draft 23 ft.
Speed 21 kts.
Complement 28 Officers, 480 Enlisted
Troop Accommodations72 Officers, 851 Enlisted
Flag Staff 90
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, 2 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 2 Foster-Wheeler boilers, 2 DeLaval steam turbines, 2 Shafts, 24,000 Shaft Horsepower

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USS Trenton (LPD-14)
	91k	*USS Trenton* (LPD-14)**, date and location unknown. US Navy photo
	18k	*USS Trenton* (LPD-14)**, date and location unknown. US Navy photo
	466k	*USS Trenton* (LPD-14)** moored pierside at Marseille, France, date unknown./font>	Photo by Philippe Gonjzales
	48k	*USS Trenton* (LPD-14) and USS Guam (LPH-9)** off Barcelona, Spain, the afternoon of 16 January 1977.	Photo by Fabio Peña
	94k	USS Trenton (LPD 14) at Barcelona, Spain, 23 January 1977. This photo and the next photo (Number 5) provide a good view of the ship's deck and superstructure layout, with the original four twin 3"/50 gun mounts, one Mk.56 and two Mk.63 gun directors, a telescoping hangar and two landing spots.	Photo by Fabio Peña
	92k	USS Trenton (LPD 14) at Barcelona, Spain, 23 January 1977. This photo and the above photo (Number 4) provide a good view of the ship's deck and superstructure layout, with the original four twin 3"/50 gun mounts, one Mk.56 and two Mk.63 gun directors, a telescoping hangar and two landing spots.	Photo by Fabio Peña
	160k	In the early hours 17 January 1977, an LCM(6) from the USS Trenton, carrying marines and sailors back from shore leave, collided with a merchant vessel which was entering the port, and capsized. Forty-nine servicemen were killed in the accident. Shortly afterwards a small monument was erected nearby. The memorial reads; "In memory of the members of the US Navy and US Marine Corps serving on the USS Guam and the USS Trenton who perished in this port on 17 January 1977, and in gratitude to the citizens, officials and rescue teams of Barcelona for their cooperation with the US Forces".	Photo by Fabio Peña
	75k	*USS Trenton* (LPD-14) and USS Austin (LPD-4)** at Norfolk, VA., circa 1980s.	Edward Cleary
	268k	*USS Trenton* (LPD-14) (front) and the fleet oiler USS Merrimack (AO-179)** (astern) steaming in formation, 17 July 1996. Both ships were part of the George Washington Battle Group. The "GW" battle group returned to homeport 23 July after completing a scheduled six-month deployment to the Mediterranean Sea, which included sustained operations in support of the NATO-led peacekeeping in Bosnia and UN sanctions against Iraq in the Arabian Gulf. US Navy photo # 960717-N-9975P-001 ATLANTIC OCEAN (17 July 1996) by PH1 (AW) Greg Pinkley.	Robert M. Cieri
	87k	*USS Trenton* (LPD-14)*'s crew "man the rail" as a harbor tug pushes them to the pier at Port Everglades, FL,, for Fleet Week 2004, 26 April 2004. US Navy # 040426-N-2038L-005* by JO2 William Lovelady.	Bill Gonyo
	93k	*USS Trenton* (LPD-14) prepares to moor at Naval Station Norfolk after a successful deployment, 21 September 2006. Trenton responded to Joint Task Force Lebanon while deployed, assisting over 3500 American citizens evacuate the war torn country. This is the last deployment for Trenton*, after 35 years of active service, before she is decommissioned and transferred to the Indian Navy in January. US Navy # 060921-N-5055G-012* by MC 2nd Class Joshua Glassburn.	Lee Wahler
INS Jalashwa
	115k	Indian sailors raise their national flag aboard ex-*USS Trenton* (LPD 14), which was decommissioned after 35 years of naval service. The Indian navy assumed immediate ownership of Trenton** renaming her INS Jalashwa. US Navy # 070117-N-1924T-115 Norfolk, Va. (Jan. 17, 2007) by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Leslie Tomaino - US Navy Newsstand.	Douglas Brown
	88k	India's national flag flies from the fantail of the recently decommissioned *USS Trenton* (LPD 14). Trenton was decommissioned after 35 years of naval service. The Indian navy assumed immediate ownership of Trenton** and renamed her INS Jalashwa. US Navy # 070117-N-1924T-143 Norfolk, Va. (Jan. 17, 2007) by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Leslie Tomaino - US Navy Newsstand.	Douglas Brown