USS Coronado (AGF-11)

USS Coronado in 1998
History
United States
Name	Coronado
Namesake	City of Coronado, California
Ordered	15 May 1964
Builder	Lockheed Shipbuilding
Laid down	3 May 1965
Launched	30 July 1966
Commissioned	23 May 1970
Decommissioned	30 September 2006
Reclassified	AGF
Refit	1980 (conversion from LPD to AGF)
Homeport	NAVSTA San Diego, California, U.S.
Motto	Semper Ductor (Always a Leader)
Nickname(s)	"The Death Star"[1]
Fate	Sunk as part of live-fire exercise Valiant Shield 12 September 2012.[2][3]
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General characteristics
Class and type	Austin-class amphibious transport dock
Tonnage	5,527 DWT
Displacement	16,405 long tons (16,668 t) full 10,878 long tons (11,053 t) light
Length	568 ft 11 in (173.4 m) overall 547 ft 11 in (167 m) waterline
Beam	107 ft 11 in (32.9 m) extreme 84 ft 0 in (25.6 m) waterline
Draft	22 ft 0 in (6.7 m) maximum 23 ft 0 in (7 m) limit
Propulsion	steam, 2 Foster Wheeler 650 psi (4,500 kPa) modified D type boilers.
Speed	21 knots (39 km/h; 24 mph)
Complement	106 officers, 1,247 enlisted

USS Coronado (AGF-11) (originally LPD-11) was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named after the city of the same name in the U.S. state of California. She was designed as an Austin-class amphibious transport dock (LPD), one of seven fitted with an additional superstructure level for command ship duties. The ship was launched on 1 July 1966, commissioned on 23 May 1970, and became the most advanced command ship in the world. The ship was the second combatant ship in the United States Navy to integrate women as full-time crew members.^[4]

Coronado was decommissioned on 30 September 2006, was used for target practice during Valiant Shield 2012 exercises, and was sunk in the Marianas Island Range Complex on 12 September 2012.^[5]