USS Trenton (LPD-14)

Fully loaded 16,914 ts

173.7 meters

25.2 meters

7.0 meters

24 officers, 396 teams, up to 900 Marines

Two boilers, two turbines; to two propellers, 24,000 shaft horsepower

21 knots

The INS Jalashwa ( L41 ) is a Amphibientransportdock the Austin - class services in the Indian Navy. Originally the ship was under the name USS Trenton (LPD -14) in the service of the United States Navy.

History

The USS Trenton was named after the capital of New Jersey. Her home port was Norfolk in Virginia, but it was built by the Lockheed Shipbuilding and Construction Company of Seattle.

The first ride of 1971 finished ship it led to an exercise to Cuba. On June 28, four sailors were in an incident in one of the engine rooms killed: An exhaust valve was damaged. Then had the ship, first in Guantánamo Bay, are then repaired in Norfolk.

In 1972, the ship participated in the exercise Snowy Beach. In the same year it became part of the 6th Fleet as Task Force ( TF). The first few months in 1973 spent the USS Trenton in the Mediterranean and participated in six landing exercises, among others, with French troops in Corsica.

In April 1988, the Trenton participated in Operation Praying Mantis, a one-day naval war between the U.S. and Iran, in part. Furthermore, she took part in operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm in September 1990.

On 21 September 2006, the USS Trenton was the last time in her home port before it was sold on 17 January 2007 at India. The purchase price was approximately 2.18 billion Indian rupees, which corresponded to 48.88 million U.S. dollars. These figures have not been confirmed by the U.S. government, which agreed with India to disclose the trade.

In the Indian Navy's INS Jalashwa in Trenton ( L41 ) has been renamed. In February 2008 there was again a serious accident on the ship, which just took part in an exercise in the Bay of Bengal. Five Indian sailors were killed.