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Contributed by Mike Smolinski

Contributed by Al Grazevich

USS Coronado (AGF-11)
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USNS Coronado (T-AGF-11) (2003 - 2005)
USS Coronado (AGF-11) (1980 - 2003)
USS Coronado (LPD-11) (1970 - 1980)

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Top Row - Joint Meritorious Unit Award - Navy Unit Commendation
Second Row - Navy Meritorious Unit Commendation - Navy Battle "E" Ribbon (3) - Navy Expeditionary Medal (1-Iran, 2-Libya)
Third Row - National Defense Service Medal - Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal (1-Persian Gulf) - Humanitarian Service Medal (1-Beirut Evacuation)


Cleveland Class Amphibious Transport Dock:
  • Laid down, 3 May 1965, at Lockheed Shipbuilding and Construction, Seattle, WA.
  • Launched, 1 July 1966
  • Commissioned, USS Coronado (LPD-11), 23 May 1970, CAPT. Grant J. Walker, USN in command
  • Converted to Miscellaneous Command Ship (AGF-11) in August 1980
  • USS Coronado (AGF-11) was designated the command ship for the Commander, United States Third Fleet
  • Decommissioned in 2003, and assigned to the Military Sealift Command (MSC) as USNS Coronado (T-AGF-11)
    Navigation, deck, engineering, laundry and galley services provided by MSC civil service mariners. Navy commanding officer and Navy mission crew when fully operational
  • Recommissioned, 25 February 2005
  • Placed in Reduced Operational Status (ROS 30 days) by MSC at San Diego, circa 2006
  • Removed from reduced operational status, 30 September 2006 and struck from the Naval Register
  • Final Disposition, disposal of in support of Fleet training exercise off Guam, 12 September 2012
    Specifications:
    Displacement
    LPD 9,687 t.(lt) 17,425 t.(fl)
    AGF 9,559 t.(lt) 13,634 t.(fl)
    Length 570'
    Beam 100'
    Draft 23 ft.
    Speed 21 kts.
    Complement
    LPD 420
    USN AGF Crew
    30 Officers
    451 Enlisted
    USNS AGF Crew
    146 Civilian Mariners
    117 US Navy
    USNS ROS Crew
    21 Civilian Mariners
    25 Navy
    AGF Flag Staff Accommodations
    45 Officers
    90 Enlisted
    Troop Accommodations
    LPD 900
    Armament
    LPD
    four 3"/50 guns
    eight 50 cal. machine guns
    AGF
    two 5"/38 gun mounts
    two Phalanx (CIWS) 20mm Close-In Weapons Systems
    six .50 cal. machine guns.
    Aircraft space for up to six CH-46 Sea Knight Helicopters
    Main Propulsion Power Plant
    two Foster Wheeler 600 psi boilers
    two steam turbines
    two propellers, 24,000shp

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    USS Coronado (LPD-11)
    Coronado
    10091163
    83k Coronado (LPD-11) Keel laying ceremony, 3 May 1965, at Lockheed Shipbuilding and Construction, Seattle, WA.
    MOHAI Museum of History and Industry Seattle, Lockheed Shipbuilding & Construction Company Photographs and Publications, [Lib1988.13.12.1j.4]
    Michael Mohl
    Coronado
    10091146
    71k Mrs. Eleanor Reynolds Ring, wife of VADM. Stanhope C. Ring, USN breaks the traditional bottle of champagne across the bow of Coronado (LPD-11) during the ship's launching ceremony, 1 July 1966, at Lockheed Shipbuilding and Construction, Seattle, WA. Dale Hargrave
    Coronado 351k Launching of Coronado (LPD-11), 1 July 1966, at Lockheed Shipbuilding and Construction, Seattle, WA. Dale Hargrave
    Coronado
    10091145
    114k USS Coronado (LPD-11) moored at Seattle, WA., on her commissioning day, 23 May 1970.
    U.S. National Archives photo # USN 1144367, from the collections of the U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command
    Robert Hurst
    Coronado 52k Coronado (LPD-11) under way 28 April 1970, off Seattle, WA.
    US Navy photo.
    Bill Foss
    Coronado 315k Coronado (LPD-11) under way, 28 April 1970, off Seattle, WA.
    US Navy photo from "U.S. Amphibious Ships and Craft: An Illustrated Design History" by Norman Friedman.
    Robert Hurst
    Coronado
    10091151
    204k Coronado (LPD-11) under way, date and location unknown. Nicholas Tiberio
    Coronado
    10091152
    263k Coronado (LPD-11) under way, date and location unknown. Nicholas Tiberio
    Coronado
    USN 1144522
    258k Coronado (LPD-11) under way 28 April 1970, off Seattle, WA.
    US Naval History and Heritage Command photo #'s
    USN 1144522, USN 1144523, USN 1144520, USN 1144518 and USN 1144520
    US Naval History and Heritage Command
    Coronado
    USN 1144523
    246k
    Coronado
    USN 1144520
    284k
    Coronado
    USN 1144518
    266k
    Coronado
    USN 1144521
    226k
    Coronado 51k USS Coronado (LPD-11) transporting USS Tucumcari (PGH-2) from Bremerton, WA. to Norfolk, VA. in August 1970. Bill Foss
    Coronado 31k A Marine Harrier AV-8A taking off from USS Coronado (LPD-11), date unknown Bill Foss
    Coronado 149k USS Coronado (LPD-11) at anchor in the Kithira Strait,, Mediterranean Sea, 25 June 1976, with her amphibious group. Photos taken from the Soviet DDG Krasny Krim.. Eugene Ivkin
    Coronado 584k
    Coronado 110k
    Coronado 785k
    Coronado 320k USS Coronado (LPD-11) moored at Genoa, Italy, 1 November 1976. Photo by Carlo Martinelli
    Coronado 106k USS Coronado (LPD-11) under way, date and location unknown.
    US Navy photo.
    Richard Miller BMCS USNR Ret.
    Coronado 132k USS Coronado (LPD-11) under way, date and location unknown.
    US Navy photo.
    Richard Miller BMCS USNR Ret.
    USS / USNS Coronado (AGF-11 / T-AGF-11)
    Coronado
    10091143
    NA 6418359
    203k USS Coronado (AGF-11) in drydock at Philadelphia Navy Yard in 1984.
    Photo by LI2 David Watts
    Robert Hurst
    Coronado
    10091162
    218k From left to right: the frigate USS Ainsworth (FF-1090), the destroyer USS Bigelow (DD-942), and USS Coronado (AGF-11) pierside in Mina Salman, Bahrain in the summer of 1981. Coronado, the flagship of the U.S. Middle East Forces at the time, was painted white as is tradition for flagships since the Great White Fleet. Robert Hurst
    Coronado 131k USS Coronado (AGF-11) at sea, date unknown
    US Navy photo
    Jerry Hays
    Coronado
    10091153
    198k Coronado (AGF-11) underway, date and location unknown. Nicholas Tiberio
    Coronado
    10091143
    NA 6418373
    418k USS Coronado (AGF-11) underway off the Virginia coast near Thimble Shoals. 1 April 1985.
    U.S. National Archives Identifiers 6418373 and SN-SC-87-08920 U.S. Navy photos by PH3 Fazer.
    Robert Hurst
    Coronado
    10091158
    NA SN-SC-87-08920
    219k
    Coronado
    10091144
    267k USS Coronado (AGF-11) moored at NAS North Island, Coronado, CA. as USS Fanning (FF-1076) proceeds to sea, 18 September 1989, to participate in PACEX '89.
    U.S. National Archives Identifier 6456754, U.S. Navy photo DVID #DN-ST-90-08733 by PHAN Heuer.
    Robert Hurst
    Coronado 117k USS Coronado (AGF-11) under way, date and location unknown.
    US Navy photo
    John Rutherford
    Coronado 29k USS Coronado (AGF-11) at sea, date unknown
    US Navy photo
     
    Coronado
    10091147
    206k Commercial harbor tugs maneuvers USS Coronado (AGF-11) into her berth at Naval Air Station, North Island, San Diego in 1994.
    US National Archives Identifier # 6478099, a US Navy photo by PH1 R. J. Oriez.
    Robert Hurst
    Coronado 37k USS Coronado (AGF-11), at San Diego, October 1994 Photo by Dale C Haskin
    Coronado 48k USS Coronado (AGF-11) at Pearl Harbor, date unknown
    US Navy photo
     
    Coronado
    10091156
    166k USS Coronado (AGF-11) passes USS Tarawa (LHA-1) performing leapfrog manuevers, 21 June 1997, during Exercise KERNEL BLITZ '97 off the Southern California coast. KERNEL BLITZ is a biannual Commander-in-Chief Pacific (CINCPAC) fleet training exercise (FLEETEX) focused on operational/tactical training of Commander, Third Fleet (C3F)/ I Marine Expeditionary Forces (MEF) and Commander, Amphibious Group 3 (CPG-3)/ 1st Marine Division (MARDIV). KERNEL BLITZ is designed to enhance the training of Sailors and Marines in the complexities of brigade-size amphibious assault operations.
    US Navy photo # 970621-N-4724B-001 by PH3 Scott Blackhall, USN
    Robert Hurst
    Coronado
    10091157
    241k USS Coronado (AGF-11) follows the USS Tarawa (LHA-1), 23 June 1997, during maneuvers performed in Exercise KERNEL BLITZ '97. KERNEL BLITZ is taking place off the coast of Southern California and Camp Pendleton to train Navy and Marine Corps personnel in amphibious operations.
    US Navy photo # 970623-N-4724B-003 by PH3 Scott Blackhall, USN
    Robert Hurst
    Waxahachie 958k USS Coronado (AGF-11), Commander Third Fleet flagship, is assisted by the large harbor tugs Neodesha (YTB-815) and Waxahachie (YTB-814) as she departs Pearl Harbor during RIMPAC "98, 20 July 1998
    US Navy photo # 980720-N-2619S-002 by PH2 August Sigur
    Defense Visual Information Center
    Coronado 114k USS Coronado (AGF-11) under way off the coast of Hawaii during RIMPAC 98 exercise.
    US Navy photo # 980728-N-2619S-011 by PH2 August Sigur.
    Bill Gonyo
    Coronado 118k USS Coronado (AGF-11) under way off the coast of Hawaii during RIMPAC 98 exercise.
    US Navy photo # 980802-N-3612M-011 Pearl Harbor, 2 August 1998, by PH1 James G McCarter.
    Bill Gonyo
    Coronado 127k USS Coronado (AGF-11) at Seattle, WA., 4 August 1999.
    US Navy photo # 990804-N-6939
    Bill Gonyo.
    Coronado 59k USS Coronado (AGF-11) moored pierside at 6th Fleet Headquarters, Gaeta, Italy, date unknown. John Rutherford
    Coronado
    10091154
    646k Coronado (AGF-11 underway, date and location unknown. Nicholas Tiberio
    Coronado
    10091140
    218k USNS Coronado (T-AGF-11) underway at San Diego, CA. for sea trials after a conversion yard period for Military Sealift Command operation with hybrid military and civilian crew. Coronado deployed same year to Japan as temporary 7th fleet command ship. Photo by William Homer
    Coronado
    100911108
    176k USNS Coronado (T-AGF-11) arrives at the Port of Yokosuka, Japan, 24 March 2004 from her homeport San Diego, CA., Coronado will substitute for the amphibious command and control ship USS Blue Ridge (LCC-19) as 7th Fleet flagship while Blue Ridge completes a scheduled maintenance period. The tug Muskegon (YTB-763) is alongside escorting Coronado to her berth.
    US Navy Photo # 040324-N-2101W-003 by PH1 Alan Warner, USN.
    Robert Hurst
    Coronado
    100911109
    040324-N-8955H-010
    183k USNS Coronado (T-AGF-11) arrives at Fleet Activities Yokosuka, Japan, 24 March 2004. The San Diego-based command ship will serve as the 7th Fleet flagship, while the 7th Fleet command and control shipUSS Blue Ridge (LCC-19) undergoes an extensive dry dock maintenance period. Coronado departed San Diego, CA. on 5 March for the deployment to Japan.
    US Navy photo #'s 040324-N-8955H-010 and 040324-N-8955H-010 by PH1 Novia E. Harrington, USN.
    US Navy Photo # 040324-N-2101W-003 by PH1 Alan Warner, USN.
    Robert Hurst
    Coronado
    100911110
    040324-N-8955H-024
    171k
    Coronado 147k The tug Muskegon (YTB-763) assists the USNS Coronado (T-AGF-11) as she arrives at Fleet Activities base, Yokosuka, Japan, 24 March 2004.
    US Navy photo contributed to the National Association of Fleet Tug Sailors by Ray Longaker.
    Robert Hurst
    Coronado
    10091148
    195k USNS Coronado (T-AGF-11) underway in the Pacific Ocean during a routine underway period, 20 April 2004. Coronado is serving as the temporary command ship for Commander, U.S. Seventh Fleet while USS Blue Ridge (LCC-19) is in a scheduled dry dock maintenance period.
    US Navy photo # 040420-N-9849W-001 Pacific Ocean, 20 April 2004 by PH3 John E. Woods.
    Robert Hurst
    Coronado
    10091149
    247k USNS Coronado (T-AGF-11) begins her approach alongside the Military Sealift Command Ship (MSC) underway replenishment oiler USNS Tippecanoe (T-AO-199) to conduct a replenishment-at-sea (RAS), 20 April 2004.
    US Navy photo by PH3 John E. Woods.
    Robert Hurst
    Coronado
    10091160
    040420-N-98490251
    238k USS Coronado (AGF011) pulls alongside the Military Sealift Command Ship (MSC) underway replenishment oiler USNS Tippecanoe (T-AO-199) to conduct a replenishment-at-sea (RAS) while underway in the Pacific Ocean, on 20 April 2004. Coronado is serving as the temporary command ship for U.S. Seventh Fleet while USS Blue Ridge (LCC-19) completes a scheduled dry dock maintenance period>
    US Navy photo #s 040420-N-9849W-251 and 040420-N-98490285 by PH3 John E. Woods.
    Robert Hurst
    Coronado
    10091161
    040420-N-98490285
    176k
    Coronado
    10091150
    177k USNS Coronado (T-AGF-11) and the Japanese tall ship Nippon Maru anchor just outside Shimoda during the 65th Shimoda Black Ship Festival. The Seventh Fleet amphibious command ship Coronado steamed from her forward deployed location in Yokosuka, Japan, for the three-day celebration, 14 May 2004.
    US Navy photo # 040514-N-1194D-01, Shimoda, 14 May 2004 by JO2 Patrick Dille.
    Robert Hurst
    Coronado
    10091155
    423k USS Coronado (AGF-11) sits at anchor in Shimoda Bay, in full dress ship, 14 May 2004. Coronado recently participated in the 65th Shimoda Black Ship festival, which celebrates the 150th anniversary of the United States and Japan Treaty of Peace. In 1854, Japan was opened to the western world, which contributed significantly to its rapid modernization.
    US Navy photo # 040514-N-2101W-005 by PH1 Alan Warner, USN.
    Robert Hurst
    Coronado 2276k USS Coronado (AGF-11) moored pierside Naval Base Point Loma, San Diego, CA. during her recommissioning ceremony, 25 February 2005. US Navy photo by Larry E. Crutchfield Lee Wahler and Bill Gonyo
    Coronado 493k USS Coronado (AGF-11) moored pierside Naval Station San Diego, CA., July 2005. Photo by Richard Miller BMCS USNR Ret.
    Coronado 106k USS Coronado (AGF-11) under way, date and location unknown.
    US Navy photo.
    Photo by Richard Miller BMCS USNR Ret.
    Coronado 95k USS Coronado (AGF-11) under way, date and location unknown.
    US Navy photo.
    Richard Miller BMCS USNR Ret.
    Coronado
    10091141
    195k Ex-USS Coronado (AGF-11) after deactivation yard period at San Diego, leaving pier before hook up of sea going tug for tow to Pearl Harbor, HI., 27 September 2006. Photo by William Homer
    Coronado
    10091142
    208k Ex-USS Coronado (AGF-11) in tow at San Diego, 27 September 2006, enroute to Hawaii and the inactive reserve fleet at Pearl Harbor. Photo taken from Point Loma Naval Base. Photo by William Homer
    Coronado 163k Ex-USS Coronado (AGF-11) being towed out of Pearl Harbor by USNS Salvor (T-ARS-52), 17 August 2012, en route a SINKEX near Guam in early September.
    Photo courtesy of Woody Ross, Military Sealift Command Office Pearl Harbor Hawaii.
    Captain Wade Armstrong Pearl Harbor Pilots
    Coronado
    10091139
    109k Munitions from a U.S. Air Force Boeing B-52H Stratofortress bomber from the 69th Expeditionary Bomber Squadron strikes the decommissioned command ship ex-USS Coronado (AGF-11) during a live-fire event that sunk the ship on 12 September 2012. The sinking was part of exercise "Valiant Shield 2012".
    U.S. Air Force photo # 120912-F-QZ836-007 by Senior Airman Carlin Leslie. Andersen Air Force Base.
    Robert Hurst

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    Coronado
    Contributed by Mike Smolinski
    Coronado
    Contributed by Mike Smolinski

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  • Commanding Officers
    01CAPT. Walker, Grant Joseph, USN23 May 1970 - 13 August 1971LPD-11
    02CAPT. Foley Jr., Sylvester Robert :ADM13 August 1971 - 30 may 1972LPD-11
    03CAPT. Twite, Martin Jerome30 May 1972 - 2 June 1974LPD-11
    04CAPT. Fenno, Eric Neil2 June 1974 - 20 August 1975LPD-11
    05CAPT. Snyder, James Madison, USN (USNA 1952)26 August 1975 - 26 May 1976LPD-11
    06CDR. Ianucci, Robert Joseph26 May 1976 - 4 June 1976LPD-11
    07CAPT. Le Blanc Jr., Georges E.4 June 1976 - 11 November 1977LPD-11
    08CAPT. Scott, Thomas Paul11 November 1977 - 1 June 1979LPD-11
    09CAPT. Schwaab, Denis Thomas :RADM1 June 1979 - 13 December 1980LPD-11 / AGF-11
    10CAPT. Kober Jr., Harry Patrick13 December 1980 - 19 December 1981AGF-11
    11CAPT. Buck, David Ervin19 December 1981 - 6 December 1982AGF-11
    12CAPT. Fergussen, Robert Harvey6 December 1982 - 1 June 1984AGF-11
    13CAPT. Schweizer Jr., Earle Godfrey1 June 1984 - 23 September 1986AGF-11
    14CAPT. LaPlante, John Baptiste :VADM23 September 1986 - 25 April 1988AGF-11
    15CAPT. Williamson Jr., Robert Charles, USN (USNA 1967) :RADM25 April 1988 - 1 July 1989AGF-11
    16CAPT. Williams III, Richard Claggett, USN (USNA 1965)1 July 1989 - 1 August 1991AGF-11
    17 CAPT. Nibe, Richard Jerome :RADM1 August 1991 -3 April 1993AGF-11
    18CAPT. Noonan, Thomas Francis, USN (USNA 1970)3 April 1993 - 30 July 1994AGF-11
    19CAPT. Richardson III, Isaac Eugene :RADM30 July 1994 - 13 December 1995AGF-11
    20CAPT. Miller, Michael Harold, USN (USNA 1974) :VADM13 December 1995 - 16 June 1997AGF-11
    21CAPT. Ross, Thomas J.16 June 1997 - 11 December 1998AGF-11
    22CAPT. McDonell, James Allen11 December 1998 - 7 January 2000AGF-11
    23CAPT. Tallman, Wade Carl 7 January 2000 - 3 May 2001AGF-11
    24CAPT. Branch, Ted Nelson (Twig), USN (USNA 1979) :RADM3 May 2001 - 23 August 2002AGF-11
    25CAPT. Donegan, Kevin Michael (Kid) :RADM23 August 2002 - 14 November 2003AGF-11
    26CAPT. Porterfield, Kerry J. (MSC)14 November 2003 - 19 February 2004T-AGF-11
    27CAPT. Noble, Christopher David19 February 2004 - 25 February 2005AGF-11
    Courtesy Wolfgang Hechler and Ron Reeves

    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log

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