USS Ogden (LPD-5), an Austin-class amphibious transport dock, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for Ogden, Utah. Austin Class Amphibious Transport Dock:
Laid down, 4 February 1963, at New York Naval Shipyard, Brooklyn, N.Y.
Launched, 27 June 1964
Commissioned USS Ogden (LPD-5), 16 June 1965, CAPT. Floyd M. Symons in command
During the Vietnam War USS Ogden (LPD-5) participated in the following campaigns:
Vietnam War Campaigns
Campaigns and Dates
Campaigns and Dates
Vietnam Counteroffensive
28 February to 5 March 1966
6 to 8 June 1966
Vietnam Winter-Spring 1970
16 to 26 December 1969
8 to 13 January 1970
26 to 30 January 1970
30 March to 2 April 1970
Vietnam Counteroffensive - Phase II
17 March to 6 April 1967
19 April to 28 May 1967
Sanctuary Counteroffensive
2 to 11 May 1970
1 to 4 June 1970
Vietnam Counteroffensive - Phase III
10 June to 3 August 1967
31 August to 3 September 1967
Vietnam Counteroffensive - Phase VII
29 September to 6 October 1970
11 to 14 May 1971
Vietnam Counteroffensive - Phase V
23 to 26 August 1968
31 August to 1 November 1968
Vietnam Ceasefire
28 October to 12 November 1972
20 November to 6 December 1972
8 to 20 January 1973
27 to 28 January 1973
22 February to 28 March 1973
Vietnam Counteroffensive - Phase VI
2 November to 8 December 1968
28 December 1968 to 17 February 1969
Decommissioned, 21 February 2007 at Naval Station San Diego
Struck from the Naval Register, 21 February 2007
To be disposed of, laid up at NAVSEA Inactive Ship Maintenance Facility, Pearl Harbor , HI.
Final Disposition, disposed of as a target during a Sinkex off Hawaii, 10 July 2014
USS Ogden earned nine campaign stars for Vietnam War service
Specifications: Displacement 9,201 t.(lt) 16,914 t.(fl) Length 589' Beam 105' Draft 23 ft. Speed 21 kts. Complement
24 Officers
396 Enlisted Troop Accommodations 900 Armament
two 25 mm MK38 guns
two Phalanx CIWS
eight 50 cal. mgs. Well Deck Capacity one LCU or four LCM-8 or nine LCM-6 or 24 amphibious assault vehicles (AAV) Aircraft none, but telescopic hangar installed aboard. The hangar is not used to accommodate helicopters but on the flight deck there is space for up to six CH-46 Propulsion
two Babcock & Wilcox 600 psi boilers
two Steam Turbines
two Shafts, 24,000 Shaft Horsepower
