Virtual Tour of USS PORTLAND (LPD 27) 

I boarded this during Los Angeles Fleet Week 2022, so amazing, so advanced, so deadly. The sailors were so kind and friendly and you get to learn so much yet so much is kept secret. The laser on that ship is insane.

Godspeed and be safe! Thank You for everything that you do to keep us safe!!

Served aboard USS Portland LSD 37 ‘72-‘75 Enjoyed the tour.

I was on this ship during fleet week 2022. The guide was amazing. I loved it and I wish it had a model I could build

Godspeed to you Captain and all those Sailors and Marines under your command.

Thank you for sharing this with the world, As an aussie i really do appreciate our US allies and the service men and women of their forces

⚓ Thanks for picking up Artemis I ⚓

This tour brings make many memories of my time in the "Gator Navy," (USS Belleau Wood, LHA-3). You have a sharp-looking ship. Thank you for standing the watch in these turbulent times. AG2(AW) Timothy Vaughan, USN, 1981-1988.

As an MM in the aft engine room of DD708 ( '65-'68 ) I gotta say USN warships have changed far more than anything else I"ve seen in the last 50 + years . Our boys ( and gals ) always have deserved the best .

So proud

You guys rock! Stay safe, well, and strong. Thank you!

Great tour and fascinated at the changes in utility spaces from the time I served aboard the USS Shreveport (LPD-12) back at the close of the 1970's to the modern LPD presented in this video. The first thing that caught my eye was the well deck. The original designed well decks had hundreds of heavy oak, railroad-tie like, "batter-boards" running longitudinally on port and starboard bulkheads and heavy oak planks on the well deck floor. Whereas what I've seen here the Portland is using newer technologies and materials which I can see as possibly "rubber" like that could function better than the batter-boards on earlier LPD platforms. Having driven LCM-6 boats in and out of my old ship and under extreme weather conditions and having destroyed the oak boards in the process, I can see how the new materials might actually do a better job, thus reducing the need to carry the excessive amounts of wood timbers we used to carry. The only two other areas were the bridge or pilot house and what in the video is called boat valley. On the Raleigh class (LPD 1 - 3) and Austin class (LPDs 4 - 15), We carried two LCPLs and two LCVPs as opposed to rigid inflatables. Not sure how these factor in in to running as liberty launches, but the LCPL worked well in this capacity also functioning as captain's and officer's gigs. the other thing that caught my eye was the bridge. The wheelhouse in my days we had a chart table because all we had were paper charts. There was a clear path from bridge wing to bridge wing. The SPS-10 (SPA-10?) and 30 radars were forward under the windows. There was a binnacle that held the ship's magnetic compass and Flindar's bar just forward of the helm station. to the left of the helmsman was the "lee-helm" or engine order telegraph. To the helmsman's right was the stat-board. I didn't see these in the abbreviated tour, but I'm sure that the Portland and her sister vessels have more than made up for the changes in technology. Gone are the days of Sea-Farers, replaced by digital camo BDUs, but as the the tour officer brought us in through the side-port it stirred me positively to see him turn and salute the national ensign before he boarded the vessel. A great video for a great ship. BZ Portland!

You are the best

Why not Rose City, instead of Keep Portland Weird? God bless and thanks to the officers and crew. She’s a beauty

Wow! So much different than the USS Ponce LPD-15, 77-80

im not American im Canadian keep up the good fight so many gave theier lives for us to be free

Bravo Zulu

Fine ship.

Praying for you all love you Jake ❤

Doc Olive was my favorite tho. 😮🎉

Largest transmitter on the west coast. I will never go back to 7 west. I am Justin Case.

Prefer light carriers but the LPD is a good platform. LHDs are better though. But a thank you for your service. Would have joined the military if I wasn't a kidney patient, but I do my part inventing new ways of peace keeping and COIN so I may help others do the best in the same types of work you do.

I was at the commissioning before I enlisted

My ship 🙃

Just a question, how many armored vehicles(tank, IFV, APC, military truck) can the ship carry in total?

Build more cruisers!!!!

So sorry your stationed in California. Land of ??????????))))

Crappy tour as are all the LPD tours.. they never show where the marines berth.. which given the ships mission is a huge oversight.

🇺🇦🤝🇺🇲,🇺🇲🦅⚓💪👍🎆.

I guess the Navy did away with weight standards.