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U.S.S. DUBUQUE
(LPD-8)THE TOUGHEST GATOR GOING
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The USS DUBUQUE (LPD-8), an Austin class amphibious transport dock, was commissioned on 1 SEP 1967. USS DUBUQUE, named for the city of Dubuque, Iowa, was built at Ingalls Shipbuilding in Pascagoula, Miss. After commisioning and shake down in Hampton Roads, VA, DUBUQUE sailed for her homeport of San Diego, CA via the Panama Canal. Joining the Pacific "Gator" Force at the height of the Vietnamese War, DUBUQUE made a series of "West PACs" that sailed into Vietnamese waters. Continuing with Western Pacific deployments after the war, DUBUQUE was forward based when her homeport was shifted to Sasebo, Japan in 1985. The late 1980s and 1990s called DUBUQUE to the Indian Ocean and Persian Gulf repeatedly. Shifting homeport to San Diego, CA in 1999, DUBUQUE continues her career of West PACS, humanitarian aid and contingency deployments as needed. USS DUBUQUE is known as "The Toughest Gator Going".
The USS DUBUQUE (LPD-8) deployment history and significant events of her service career follow:
LPD-8 Deployments - Major Events
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| Month | Year | to | Month | Year | Deployment / Event |
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| JAN | 1956 | - | JUN | 1970 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
| JAN | 1965 | - | Keel Date: 25 JAN 1965 at Ingalls Shipbuilding Pascagoula MS |
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| JAN | 1966 | - | JUL | 1970 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
| AUG | 1966 | - | Launch Date: 6 AUG 1966 | ||
| JAN | 1967 | - | JUN | 1970 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
| JAN | 1967 | - | DEC | 1970 | Vietnam |
| SEP | 1967 | - | Commissioned: 1 SEP 1967 | ||
| JAN | 1968 | - | JUN | 1970 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
| MAR | 1968 | - | JUN | 1970 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
| MAY | 1968 | - | DEC | 1968 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
| AUG | 1968 | - | Shellback Initiation - 27 AUG 1968 - Pacific Ocean | ||
| AUG | 1968 | - | Shellback Initiation - 23 AUG 1968 - Indian Ocean | ||
| SEP | 1968 | - | Shellback Initiation - 27 SEP 1968 - Pacific Ocean | ||
| OCT | 1968 | - | OCT | 1968 | Repatriation of 14 NVA/VC POWs to North Vietnam |
| OCT | 1968 | - | Shellback Initiation - 10 OCT 1968 - Pacific Ocean | ||
| OCT | 1969 | - | APR | 1970 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
| OCT | 1969 | - | OCT | 1970 | Gulf of Tonkin Vietnam |
| DEC | 1969 | - | Shellback Initiation - 25 DEC 1969 - Pacific Ocean | ||
| MAR | 1970 | - | MAR | 1971 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
| JUN | 1970 | - | Shellback Initiation - 30 JUN 1970 - Pacific Ocean | ||
| JUN | 1970 | - | APR | 1972 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
| JAN | 1971 | - | JAN | 1974 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
| MAR | 1971 | - | SEP | 1971 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
| APR | 1971 | - | OCT | 1971 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
| JUN | 1971 | - | Shellback Initiation - 30 JUN 1971 - Pacific Ocean | ||
| JUL | 1971 | - | JUL | 1971 | arrival DaNang harbor South Vietnam |
| AUG | 1971 | - | SEP | 1971 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
| NOV | 1972 | - | AUG | 1973 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
| JAN | 1973 | - | JUL | 1973 | HAIPHONG HARBOR MINE SWEEP |
| FEB | 1973 | - | JUN | 1973 | Haiphong Harbor North Vietnam - mine sweeping support |
| JAN | 1974 | - | JUN | 1974 | Dry Dock |
| JAN | 1974 | - | JUN | 1974 | Dry Dock - Long Beach Ca |
| JAN | 1974 | - | MAR | 1975 | West Pac |
| AUG | 1974 | - | MAY | 1975 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
| OCT | 1974 | - | JUL | 1975 | Operation Frequent Wind Fall of Siagon |
| OCT | 1974 | - | MAR | 1975 | West Pac |
| OCT | 1974 | - | JUL | 1975 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
| MAR | 1975 | - | MAY | 1975 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
| SEP | 1975 | - | OCT | 1975 | Alaska |
| SEP | 1976 | - | JUL | 1977 | West Pac |
| SEP | 1976 | - | Shellback Initiation - 10 SEP 1976 - Pacific Ocean | ||
| FEB | 1977 | - | JUL | 1977 | West Pac |
| AUG | 1978 | - | APR | 1979 | West Pac |
| AUG | 1978 | - | APR | 1979 | West Pac-Indian Ocean |
| SEP | 1979 | - | DEC | 1979 | Sea Trials |
| SEP | 1980 | - | Shellback Initiation - 9 SEP 1980 - Pacific Ocean | ||
| SEP | 1980 | - | NOV | 1980 | West Pac |
| SEP | 1980 | - | Shellback Initiation - 2 SEP 1980 - Pacific Ocean | ||
| MAR | 1982 | - | MAY | 1982 | West Pac |
| MAY | 1984 | - | Shellback Initiation - 5 MAY 1984 - Pacific Ocean | ||
| JAN | 1986 | - | JAN | 1986 | Team Spirit USS_Dubuque LPD8 3/2 2nd mar div -south korea |
| JAN | 1988 | - | AUG | 1988 | West Pac-Indian Ocean-Persian Gulf |
| JUN | 1988 | - | Shellback Initiation - 11 JUN 1988 - Pacific Ocean | ||
| JUN | 1988 | - | NOV | 1988 | Ernest Will / Middle East Force |
| JUN | 1988 | - | NOV | 1988 | West Pac-Indian Ocean-Persian Gulf |
| JUN | 1988 | - | Shellback Initiation - 23 JUN 1988 - Pacific Ocean | ||
| JUL | 1988 | - | Shellback Initiation - 11 JUL 1988 - Pacific Ocean | ||
| AUG | 1988 | - | NOV | 1988 | West Pac-Indian Ocean-Persian Gulf |
| NOV | 1990 | - | FEB | 1992 | Desert Shield |
| AUG | 1991 | - | Shellback Initiation - 19 AUG 1991 - Pacific Ocean | ||
| DEC | 1991 | - | MAR | 1992 | Desert Shield |
| NOV | 1992 | - | Shellback Initiation - 5 NOV 1992 - Pacific Ocean | ||
| AUG | 1993 | - | Shellback Initiation - 28 AUG 1993 - Pacific Ocean | ||
| FEB | 1994 | - | FEB | 1994 | Middle Pacific |
| MAR | 1994 | - | SEP | 1994 | Dry Dock |
| MAY | 1998 | - | AUG | 1998 | WEST PAC JAVA SEA |
| JUN | 1998 | - | Shellback Initiation - 7 JUN 1998 - Indian Ocean | ||
| JUL | 2001 | - | MAR | 2002 | West Pac |
| AUG | 2001 | - | Shellback Initiation - 26 AUG 2001 - Pacific Ocean | ||
| MAR | 2002 | - | JUN | 2002 | Alaska |
| JAN | 2003 | - | AUG | 2003 | operation Iraqi Freedom |
| JUN | 2004 | - | AUG | 2004 | RIMPAC |
| SEP | 2006 | - | MAY | 2007 | West Pac |
| SEP | 2006 | - | Shellback Initiation - 9 SEP 2006 - Pacific Ocean | ||
| MAY | 2008 | - | NOV | 2008 | West Pac |
| MAR | 2010 | - | DEC | 2010 | West Pac |
LPD-8 General Specifications
Class: Austin class amphibious transport dock
Named for: the city of Dubuque
Displacement: 17252 tons
Length: 569 feet
Beam: 100 feet
Draft: 23 feet
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