USS Denver (LPD-9) Framed Ship Photo

USS Denver (LPD-9) was an Austin-class amphibious transport dock commissioned in 1968 and named for Denver, Colorado. She served in the Pacific Fleet through one of the most consequential eras in American naval history, participating in the evacuation of Saigon in April 1975 during Operation Frequent Wind — one of the largest helicopter evacuations ever conducted. For more than two decades she carried Marines, landing craft, and the tools of amphibious warfare across the Pacific, representing the sustained American capability for forcible entry that the Navy and Marine Corps team is built to deliver.