USS Coronado (AGF-11)
USS Coronado in 1998 | |
| History | |
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| United States | |
| Name | Coronado |
| Namesake | City of Coronado, California |
| Ordered | 15 May 1964 |
| Builder | Lockheed Shipbuilding |
| Laid down | 3 May 1965 |
| Launched | 30 July 1966 |
| Commissioned | 23 May 1970 |
| Decommissioned | 30 September 2006 |
| Reclassified | AGF |
| Refit | 1980 (conversion from LPD to AGF) |
| Homeport | NAVSTA San Diego, California, U.S. |
| Motto | Semper Ductor (Always a Leader) |
| Nickname(s) | "The Death Star" |
| Fate | Sunk as part of live-fire exercise Valiant Shield 12 September 2012. |
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| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Austin-class amphibious transport dock |
| Tonnage | 5,527 DWT |
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| Propulsion | steam, 2 Foster Wheeler 650 psi (4,500 kPa) modified D type boilers. |
| Speed | 21 knots (39 km/h; 24 mph) |
| Complement | Crew: AGF 11: 516 and 120 Staff https://www.navysite.de/ships/agf11.htm |
USS Coronado (AGF-11) (originally LPD-11) was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named after Coronado, California. She was designed as an Austin-class amphibious transport dock (LPD), one of seven fitted with an additional superstructure level for command ship duties. The ship was launched on 1 July 1966, commissioned on 23 May 1970, and became the most advanced command ship in the world. The ship was the second combatant ship in the United States Navy to integrate women as full-time crew members.
Coronado was decommissioned on 30 September 2006, was used for target practice during Valiant Shield 2012 exercises, and was sunk in the Marianas Island Range Complex on 12 September 2012.