Raleigh-class amphibious transport dock

USS Vancouver
Class overview
Name:	Raleigh class
Builders:	New York Naval Shipyard
Operators:	United States Navy
Preceded by:	None
Succeeded by:	Austin class
Built:	1960–1964
In commission:	1962–2005
Completed:	3
Retired:	3
General characteristics
Type:	Amphibious transport dock
Displacement:	9,559 long tons (9,712 t) light 13,634 long tons (13,853 t) full 4,075 long tons (4,140 t) dead
Length:	522 ft (159 m) o/a 500 ft (150 m) w/l
Beam:	107 ft (33 m) extreme 84 ft (26 m) w/l
Draft:	22 ft (6.7 m) maximum 23 ft (7.0 m) limit
Speed:	23 knots (43 km/h; 26 mph)
Complement:	72 officers, 593 enlisted, 24 Marines as AGF/750 Marines as LPD
Armament:	2 × twin 3"/50 caliber guns 2 x 20 mm Phalanx CIWS 2 x 25 mm chain guns (1987) 2 x 40 mm Mk. 19 grenade launchers 6 x .50 cal. BMG 6 x 7.62 M60 machine guns 2 Stinger missile operator rings SRBOC chaff launchers
Aircraft carried:	Up to 6 rotary aircraft
Aviation facilities:	Hangar, extensible

The Raleigh class of amphibious transport docks served the United States Navy. They were designed under project SCB 187 (the La Salle with its command facilities was designed under SCB 187A).

Ships

Ship	Hull No.	Builder	Commissioned– Decommissioned	NVR Page
Raleigh	LPD-1	New York Naval Shipyard	1962–1991	LPD-1
Vancouver	LPD-2		1963–1992	LPD-2
La Salle	AGF-3		1964–2005	AGF-3

References

Sources

• Friedman, Norman (2002). U.S. Amphibious Ships and Craft: An Illustrated Design History. Annapolis, Maryland: United States Naval Institute. ISBN 1-55750-250-1.