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Career | |
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Awarded: | 15 May 1964 |
Laid down: | 14 March 1966 |
Launched: | 7 October 1967 |
Commissioned: | 14 February 1970 |
Fate: | Active, in commission |
Homeport: | Norfolk, Virginia |
General Characteristics | |
Displacement: | 9784 tons light, 17479 tons full, 7695 tons dead |
Length: | 173.7 meters (570 feet) overall, 167 meters (548 feet) waterline |
Beam: | 30.4 meters (100 feet) extreme, 25.6 meters (84 feet) waterline |
Draft: | 7 meters (23 feet) maximum, 7 meters (23 feet) limit |
Speed: | 20 knots |
Complement: | 90 flag staff, 59 officers, 430 men |
Armament: | eight three-inch/50-caliber guns |
Nashville's various assignments have included four Caribbean Amphibious readiness Groups, Mediterranean Amphibious readiness Groups, Persian Gulf Amphibious Readiness Groups, Mine Countermeasure Task Group, NATO North Atlantic Operations, and training assignments with the Fleet Marine Force Atlantic.
References
This article includes information collected from the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships.