USS Raleigh (LPD 1)

Named after the capital of North Carolina which honors the English explorer Sir Walter Raleigh who was the first to attempt the establishment of an English settlement in North America, the USS RALEIGH was the Navy's first amphibious transport dock and the fourth ship in the Navy to bear the name.

Decommissioned on December 13, 1991, and stricken from the Navy list on January 25, 1992, the RALEIGH was disposed of as a target on December 4, 1994.

Crew List:

This section contains the names of sailors who served aboard USS RALEIGH. It is no official listing but contains the names of sailors who submitted their information.

Date	Where	Events
March 24, 1964	off the US east coast	While serving as target ship for a submarine torpedo firing exercise, the USS RALEIGH is hit by torpedo suffering a hole in her hull. No injuries are reported.
August 19, 1966	New York City	USS RALEIGH bumps the cruise liner FRANCE at the Hudson River pier in New York City. No injuries are reported.
June 22, 1967	Naval Air Station Norfolk, Va.	A steam line ruptures aboard the USS RALEIGH as it is being repaired while the ship is moored at Naval Air Station Norfolk, killing two.
September 14, 1976	Atlantic	USS RALEIGH leaves Moorehead City, NC, after a week's delay caused by inoperative feed pumps to participate in exercise Teamwork off Norway. While crossing the Atlantic, the RALEIGH experiences further engineering problems, causing the ship to be diverted to Plymouth, UK. The ship arrives on September 24 for two weeks of repairs to the feed pumps before sailing on October 9.
January 10, 1981	Norfolk, Va.	The USS BIDDLE (CG 34) and USS RALEIGH are slightly damaged when the BIDDLE strikes the moored RALEIGH while approaching a pier in Norfolk, Va.
October 13, 1981	Mediterranean	USNS WACCAMAW (T-AO 109) collides with the USS RALEIGH while the USS DETROIT (AOE 4) is alongside.

Date

Where

Events

March 24, 1964

off the US east coast

While serving as target ship for a submarine torpedo firing exercise, the USS RALEIGH is hit by torpedo suffering a hole in her hull. No injuries are reported.

August 19, 1966

New York City

USS RALEIGH bumps the cruise liner FRANCE at the Hudson River pier in New York City. No injuries are reported.

June 22, 1967

Naval Air Station Norfolk, Va.

A steam line ruptures aboard the USS RALEIGH as it is being repaired while the ship is moored at Naval Air Station Norfolk, killing two.

September 14, 1976

Atlantic

USS RALEIGH leaves Moorehead City, NC, after a week's delay caused by inoperative feed pumps to participate in exercise Teamwork off Norway. While crossing the Atlantic, the RALEIGH experiences further engineering problems, causing the ship to be diverted to Plymouth, UK. The ship arrives on September 24 for two weeks of repairs to the feed pumps before sailing on October 9.

January 10, 1981

Norfolk, Va.

The USS BIDDLE (CG 34) and USS RALEIGH are slightly damaged when the BIDDLE strikes the moored RALEIGH while approaching a pier in Norfolk, Va.

October 13, 1981

Mediterranean

USNS WACCAMAW (T-AO 109) collides with the USS RALEIGH while the USS DETROIT (AOE 4) is alongside.

General Characteristics:	Awarded: December 19, 1958
	Keel laid: June 23, 1960
	Launched: March 17, 1962
	Commissioned: September 8, 1962
	Decommissioned: December 13, 1991
	Builder: New York Naval Shipyard, Brooklyn, NY
	Propulsion system: two boilers, two steam turbines
	Propellers: two
	Length: 522 feet (159.1 meters)
	Beam: 100 feet (30.5 meters)
	Draft: 23 feet (7 meters)
	Displacement: approx. 14,000 tons
	Speed: 20 knots
	Well deck capacity: one LCU and three LCM-6 or four LCM-8 or 20 LVT
	Well deck capacity: additionally two LCM-6 or four LCPL on deck
	Aircraft: helo platform only
	Crew: Ship: approx. 429 Marine Detachment: approx. 930
	Armament: two 20mm Phalanx CIWS, six Mk-33 3-inch/50-caliber guns