INS Jalashwa (L41)
 The USS Trenton 2004 in Port Everglades |
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| Overview | |
|---|---|
| Order | May 17, 1965 |
| Keel laying | August 8, 1966 |
| Launch | 3rd August 1968 |
| Commissioning | March 6, 1971 |
| Decommissioning | January 17, 2007 |
| Whereabouts | sold to India |
| Technical specifications | |
| displacement |
fully loaded 16,914 standard bins |
| length |
173.7 meters |
| width |
25.2 meters |
| Draft |
7.0 meters |
| crew |
24 officers, 396 men, up to 900 Marines |
| drive |
Two boilers, two turbines; on 2 propellers, 24,000 shaft horsepower |
| speed |
21 knots |
The INS Jalashwa (L41) is a Amphibientransportdock the Austin-class in the service of the Indian Navy . The ship was originally named 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, Virginia, but she was built by the Lockheed Shipbuilding and Construction Company in Seattle.
The first voyage of the ship, which was completed in 1971, led it to an exercise in Cuba. On June 28, four sailors were killed in an incident in one of the engine rooms: an exhaust valve was damaged. The ship then had to be repaired, first in Guantánamo Bay, then in Norfolk.
In 1972 the ship took part in the Snowy Beach exercise. In the same year it was integrated into the 6th Fleet as a Task Force (TF). The first months of 1973 the USS Trenton spent in the Mediterranean Sea and took part in six landing exercises, including with French troops in Corsica.
In April 1988, the Trenton took part in Operation Praying Mantis , a day-long sea war between the United States and Iran. She also took part in Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm in September 1990 .
On September 21, 2006, the USS Trenton came to her home port for the last time before being sold to India on January 17, 2007. The purchase price was approximately 2.18 billion Indian rupees, which corresponds to 48.88 million US dollars. However, these figures have not been confirmed by the American government, which has agreed not to disclose the trade with India.
In the Indian Navy the ship was renamed INS Jalashwa (L41) . Another serious accident occurred in February 2008 while the Jalashwa was participating in an exercise in the Bay of Bengal . Five Indian sailors were killed.
Web links
- USS Trenton at navybuddies.com (Engl.)
- Images of Trenton at navsource.org (Engl.)
