USS Durham
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USS Durham (LKA-114) was a Charleston-class amphibious cargo ship in service with the United States Navy from 1969 to 1994. She was sunk as a target in August 2020.
History
USS Durham was named after Durham, North Carolina. She served as a commissioned ship for 24 years and 9 months, and earned a total of 15 awards and campaign ribbons for her service. She was laid down as AKA-114 at Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., Newport News, VA, and redesignated LKA-114 on 1 January 1969. She was commissioned on 24 May 1969.[1]
In April 1975, Durham participated in Operation Frequent Wind, the evacuation of Saigon at the end of the Vietnam War.[2]
In the Gulf War, she was part of an 18-ship amphibious task force that was the largest such force since the Korean War. The task force arrived on station in the North Arabian Sea on 12 January 1991.
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The ship was decommissioned on 25 February 1994. She was sunk by HMAS Stuart and her embarked MH-60R Seahawk on 30 August 2020 as part of a live fire exercise during Exercise RIMPAC 2020.[3]
See also
References
There is no Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS) entry for the ship.
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External links
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- Naval History Center Gulf War Chronology, January 1991
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- Military.com: USS Durham
- 51 Years of AKAs
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- Charleston-class amphibious cargo ships
- Cold War amphibious warfare vessels of the United States
- Vietnam War amphibious warfare vessels of the United States
- Gulf War ships of the United States
- Durham, North Carolina
- 1968 ships
- Ships built in Newport News, Virginia