USS Ponce (AFSB(I)-15) (formerly LPD-15) (/ ˈ p ɒ n s eɪ / PON-say), was an Austin-class amphibious transport dock, formerly in service with the United States Navy.

The USS PONCE (LPD-15), an Austin class amphibious transport dock, was commissioned on 10 JUL 1971. Built by Lockheed Shipbuilding in Seattle, Washington, USS PONCE has spent her entire career operating from her homeport of Norfolk, Virginia.

October 11, USS Ponce began a two-month of training with the Marine Corps and is scheduled to visit Port Canaveral, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and the ship's namesake city of Ponce, Puerto Rico, before returning to Norfolk to begin the long decommissioning process.

Following more than 46 years of honorable naval service, the afloat forward staging base (interim) USS Ponce (AFSB (I) 15) was decommissioned during a time-honored ceremony, Oct. 14. Commander,...

Oct 16, 2017 · Commissioned in 1971, Ponce was the last of the 12 Austin-class amphibious transport dock ships built, designated with hull number LPD-15. Named for the Puerto Rican city of Ponce, the ship completed 27 deployments in the North Atlantic, Caribbean, Mediterranean, Indian Ocean and Arabian Gulf.

Ponce (LPD-15) was laid down on 31 October 1966 at Seattle, Wash., by Lockheed Shipbuilding and Construction Co.; launched on 20 May 1970; sponsored by Mrs. John J. Hyland Jr.; and commissioned...

May 17, 2017 · USS PONCE was the 12 th and last ship in the AUSTIN - class of Amphibious Transport Docks. The ship was named after the city in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, named after the Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de Leon, discoverer of Florida, first governor of …

Apr 27, 2020 · One of the U.S. Navy’s most unique ships, the USS Ponce, has returned home to the United States after spending more than five years as a floating base in and around the Arabian Sea.

USS Ponce (LPD-15), an Austin-class amphibious transport dock, is the only ship of the United States Navy that is named for Ponce in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, which in turn was named after the Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de Leon, the first governor of Puerto Rico and European discoverer of Florida.

USS Ponce may refer to more than one United States Navy ship: USS Ponce (SP-364), was an 18-ton motorboat in the service of the United States Navy during World War I; USS Ponce (LPD-15), was an amphibious transport commissioned in 1971 and decommissioned in 2017