The ex-USS Ogden (LPD 5) is fired upon by a harpoon missile from the Republic of Korea submarine LeeSunSin (SS 068) and then by a Naval Strike Missile from a Royal Norwegian Navy frigate during a Sink Exercise in 2014.
USS Ogden (LPD-5) was an Austin-class amphibious transport dock and was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for Ogden, Utah. Ogden was laid down on 4 February 1963 by the New York Naval Shipyard and she was launched on 27 June 1964.
After training off Norfolk, Ogden arrived in San Diego 29 October 1965 to join the Pacific Fleet and complete her initial training. In her first year of service she deployed twice to South Vietnam (8 February through 4 April 1966 and 16 May through 7 July 1966), bringing Marines and their equipment to the Vietnam War. On her return passages, she brought damaged vehicles home for repair.
During the summer of 1966, she conducted experiments with aircraft capable of vertical or short landing and take-off. The Ogden participated in Operation Endsweep in Haiphong Harbor as a member of Task Force 78 from January 1973 through July 1973, clearing mines with RH-53A helicopters.
She was part of the first amphibious fleet to be sent to the Persian Gulf during Desert Shield. During this time she was mostly used for intercepting blockade running freighters/tankers.
When Desert Storm started she was part of the task force sent to capture Failaka Island. The Island was captured with very little resistance and the Ogden transferred the Prisoners to Saudi Arabia, making the largest transfer of prisoners on a ship ever.
USS Ogden was damaged when she collided with the submarine USS Greeneville on 27 February 2002, which opened a five by 18 inch hole in one of her fuel tanks. Despite the fact that the collision was the fault of the Greenville, the Captain of the Ogden was still relieved of his command.
USS Ogden figures prominently in the novel Without Remorse by Tom Clancy as the base of operations for the aborted rescue attempt against the North Vietnam prisoner of war camp .
The ship was originally scheduled for decommissioning in 2000, but with the requirements of the Operation Iraqi Freedom it was rescheduled to 21 February 2007.
She was sunk near Hawaii on 10 July 2014.
(U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Shannon E. Renfroe/Released)
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