Ex - USS Shreveport (LPD-12) (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
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military, ship, United States Navy
The USS Shreveport was the sixth member of the Cleveland Class of Amphibious Transport Dock Ships (LPD) and served with the US Atlantic Fleet for 37 years as a member of Amphibious Group Two.
Decommissioned at Naval Base Norfolk on September 26th, 2007 the former Shreveport was towed here to the Philadelphia NISMF where she is retained in Category X reserve awaiting disposal by foreign sale, scrapping or use as a target ship.
www.navsource.org/archives/10/09/0912.htm
www.nvr.navy.mil/SHIPDETAILS/SHIPSDETAIL_LPD_12_2298.HT...
Pics of the ship in reserve:
navysite.de/ships/lpd12philly.htm
Decommissioned at Naval Base Norfolk on September 26th, 2007 the former Shreveport was towed here to the Philadelphia NISMF where she is retained in Category X reserve awaiting disposal by foreign sale, scrapping or use as a target ship.
www.navsource.org/archives/10/09/0912.htm
www.nvr.navy.mil/SHIPDETAILS/SHIPSDETAIL_LPD_12_2298.HT...
Pics of the ship in reserve:
navysite.de/ships/lpd12philly.htm
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Shreveport_(LPD-12)
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 39°53'39"N 75°10'39"W
- Former Henry C. Mustin Naval Air Facility 0.7 km
- Former Mustin NAF Runways 1 km
- Philadelphia Navy Yard (former) 1.7 km
- Boeing Aerospace (Ridley Park) 14 km
- Pedricktown Support Facility (formerly Nike base PH-64DC ) 28 km
- Atlantic City International Airport 68 km
- New Jersey Air National Guard - 177th Fighter Wing 69 km
- Dover Air Force Base (KDOV/DOV) 87 km
- Eagle Heights at Dover 90 km
- U.S. Coast Guard Training Center Cape May 108 km
- Philadelphia Navy Yard Basin 0.5 km
- FDR Park 1 km
- Philly Shipyard Inc. 1.3 km
- Philadelphia Eagles NovaCare Training Complex 1.5 km
- South Philadelphia Sports Complex 1.5 km
- Greenwich Yard 1.9 km
- South Philadelphia 2.1 km
- National Park, New Jersey 3 km
- Sunoco Inc - Eagle Point Refinery 3.5 km
- Piers 96 & 98 Annex 3.7 km