Rape, Roger, Cpl

Raleigh Class Amphibious Transport Dock:

• Laid down, 19 November 1960, at New York Naval Shipyard, Brooklyn, N.Y.
• Launched, 15 September 1962
• Commissioned USS Vancouver (LPD-2), 11 May 1963
• During the Vietnam War USS Vancouver (LPD-2) participated in the following campaigns:

  Vietnam War Campaigns
  Campaigns and Dates	Campaigns and Dates
  Vietnamese Defense 24 to 25 August 1965	Vietnam Summer-Fall 1969 26 to 28 August 1969 9 September to 23 October 1969
  Vietnamese Counteroffensive - Phase II 13 August to 1 September 1966 13 to 28 September 1966 7 October to 11 November 1966 31 December 1966 to 17 January 1967 13 February to 4 March 1967	Vietnam Winter-Spring 1970 15 to 25 November 1969 7 to 15 December 1969 30 December 1969 to 10 January 1970 9 to 12 February 1970 10 to 13 March 1970
  Tet Counteroffensive 22 to 24 February 1968 1 March to 1 April 1968	Vietnamese Counteroffensive - Phase VII 8 to 11 July 1970 8 to 12 August 1970 1 to 3 May 1971 12 to 13 May 1971 20 to 22 May 1971 13 to 15 June 1971 18 to 20 June 1971
  Vietnamese Counteroffensive - Phase IV 2 to 15 April 1968 1 March to 15 April 1968 27 April to 17 June 1968	Consolidation I 15 to 16 July 1971 13 to 14 August 1971 5 to 6 September 1971 10 to 15 September 1971
  Vietnamese Counteroffensive - Phase V 6 July to 20 August 1968 1 September 1968	Vietnam Ceasefire 9 to 10 July 1972

• Decommissioned, 27 March 1992, at Naval Station San Diego, CA.
• Laid up in the Naval Inactive Ship Maintenance Facility (NISMF), Pearl Harbor, HI., maintenance category X
• Struck from Naval Register, 8 April 1997
• Custody transferred to the Maritime Administration, 29 November 2001 of lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Suisun Bay, Benecia, CA.
• Final Disposition, sold for scrapping, date unknown, to International Shipbreaking LTD, Brownsville, TX., for $657,000
• Withdrawn from the Suisun Bay Reserve Fleet anchorage for hull cleaning at Mare Island Drydocks, 21 February 2013, cost to the Federal Government $530,000, expected completion, 8 March 2013
• USS Vancouver (LPD-2) earned ten campaign stars for Vietnam War service

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  Specifications:
  Displacement 8,650 t.(lt) 14,113 t.(fl)
  Length 522 '
  Beam 100'
  Draft 23'
  Speed 20 kts.
  Complement 436
  Troop Accommodations 1,000
  Armament four 3"/50 guns
  Propulsion
  two Boilers
  two Geared Turbines
  two Propellers, 24,000shp

Best Friends
james sanders
william rainwater

Best Moment
going to subic bay for more rest & rec

Worst Moment
knowing we were going back to vn after this rest

Chain of Command
lt deibert