USS Ponce (LPD-15)
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USS Ponce,, was an Austin-class amphibious transport dock, formerly in service with the United States Navy. Her keel was laid down on 31 October 1966 by the Lockheed Shipbuilding and Construction Comp
In 2013, after AFSB conversion
Ponce returns in May 2011 from her last major deployment as an LPD, during the Libyan civil war
In September 2014 after conversion to AFSB
RHIB enters well-deck in 2012
AN/SEQ-3 Laser Weapon System
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The AN/SEQ-3 Laser Weapon System or XN-1 LaWS is a laser weapon developed by the United States Navy. The weapon was installed on USS Ponce for field testing in 2014. In December 2014, the United State
USS Ponce (LPD-15)
…MH-53E Sea Dragon helicopters in the Persian Gulf. Following the conversion, Ponce had been used to test other initiatives and technologies, such as the Laser Weapon System and operating US Army attack helicopters at sea. After the arrival of USS Lewis B. Puller as a permanent AFSB (later designated as Expeditionary Mobile…
The Laser Weapon System (LaWS) aboard USS Ponce.
The LaWS control station aboard USS Ponce.