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Ponce LPD-15

(LPD-15: dp. 16,900; 1. 570'; b. 84'; dr. 23'; s. 20 k.; cpl. 490; a. 8 3"; cl. Cleveland)

Ponce was laid down 31 October 1966 by the Lockheed SB Jc Const. Co., Seattle, Wash.; launched 20 May 1970, sponsored by Mrs. John J. Hyland, and scheduled to commission in July 1971.

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