Terrebonne Parish-class tank landing ship
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Class overview | |
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Name | Terrebonne Parish class |
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Preceded by | Talbot County class |
Succeeded by | De Soto County class |
Built | 1952-1954 |
In commission | 1952-1973 |
Planned | 15 |
Completed | 15 |
Laid up | 1 |
Retired | 15 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Tank landing ship |
Displacement |
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Length | 384 ft (117 m) |
Beam | 55 ft (17 m) |
Draft | 17 ft 8 in (5.38 m) |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph) |
Boats & landing craft carried |
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Capacity |
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Troops | 395 officers and enlisted men |
Complement | 16 officers and 189 enlisted men |
Armament |
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Aviation facilities | Helipad |
The Terrebonne Parish-class tank landing ship was a class of tank landing ship of United States Navy and later sold to the Spanish, Hellenic, Peruvian, Venezuelan and Turkish Navy.
Development
In the 1950s, fifteen ships were authorized to begin construction by three shipbuilding companies (Bath Iron Works, Ingalls Shipbuilding and Christy Shipbuilding). Three batches of five ships were built by each companies from 1952 until 1954. Several ships proceed to serve in the Vietnam War.[1]
All ships were put out of service in the United States from 1970 to 1973, with many being transferred to foreign service which some were in service until the mid-2010s.
Washtenaw County was sold for commercial service but was abandoned in 1980 in which she remained afloat at the Columbia River as of 6 December 2021. The ship has been heavily vandalized and stripped of parts throughout the years but despite that, efforts were still being done to repair and make her into a museum ship. She is also the only ship converted into a mine sweeper from her class.
Ships of class
Pennant number | Name | Callsign | Builders | Launched | Commissioned | Decommissioned | Fate |
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Terrebonne Parish-class tank landing ship[2] | |||||||
LST-1156 | Terrebonne Parish | NLOU | Bath Iron Works | 9 August 1952 | 21 November 1952 | 29 October 1971 | Sold to Spain and renamed Velasco (L11), later scrapped in 1994 |
LST-1157 | Terrell County | NNAG | 6 December 1952 | 14 March 1953 | 25 March 1971 | Sold to Greece and renamed Inouse (L-104), later sunk as target on 4 October 2007 | |
LST-1158 | Tioga County | NDPR | 11 April 1953 | 20 June 1953 | 23 December 1970 | Scrapped on 17 August 2005 | |
LST-1159 | Tom Green County | NCEH | 2 July 1953 | 12 September 1953 | 5 January 1972 | Sold to Spain and renamed Conde del Venadito (L13), fate unknown | |
LST-1160 | Traverse County | NEWO | 3 October 1953 | 19 December 1953 | 30 November 1970 | Sold to Peru and renamed BAP Eten (DT-144), fate unknown | |
LST-1161 | Vernon County | NBTB | Ingalls Shipbuilding | 25 November 1952 | 18 May 1953 | 14 June 1973 | Sold to Venezuela and renamed ARV Amazonas (T-21), fate unknown |
LST-1162 | Wahkiakum County | NHPW | 23 January 1953 | 13 August 1953 | 16 October 1970 | Scrapped on 22 June 2005 | |
LST-1163 | Waldo County | 17 May 1953 | 17 September 1953 | 21 December 1970 | Sold to Peru and renamed BAP Pisco (DT-142), scrapped in 2012 | ||
LST-1164 | Walworth County | NEMX | 15 May 1953 | 26 October 1953 | 2 April 1971 | Sold to Peru and renamed BAP Paita (DT-141), fate unknown | |
LST-1165 | Washoe County | NMHV | 14 July 1953 | 30 November 1953 | 25 November 1970 | Sold to Peru and renamed BAP Callao (DT-143), sunk as target on 30 September 2021 | |
LST-1166 / MSS-2 | Washtenaw County | NFLX | Christy Shipbuilding | 22 November 1952 | 29 October 1953 | 30 August 1973 | Sold to commercial service, abandoned and laid up at Columbia River since 1980 |
LST-1167 | Westchester County | NCBI | 18 April 1953 | 10 March 1954 | 30 November 1973 | Sold to Turkey and renamed TCG Serdar (L-402), sunk as target on 30 May 2014 | |
LST-1168 | Wexford County | NRHA | 28 November 1953 | 15 June 1954 | 29 October 1971 | Sold to Spain and renamed Martín Álvarez (L-12), scrapped in 1995 | |
LST-1169 | Whitfield County | NNZE | 22 August 1953 | 14 September 1954 | 15 March 1973 | Sold to Greece and renamed Kos (L-116), sunk as target on 24 June 2004 | |
LST-1170 | Windham County | NPNC | 22 May 1954 | 15 December 1954 | 1 June 1973 | Sold to Turkey and renamed TCG Ertuğrul (L-401), fate unknown |
Citations
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- LST-1156 / Terrebonne Parish
- LST-1157 / Terrell County
- LST-1158 / Tioga County
- LST-1159 / Tom Green County
- LST-1160 / Traverse County
- LST-1161 / Vernon County
- LST-1162 / Wahkiakum County
- LST-1163 / Waldo County
- LST-1164 / Walworth County
- LST-1165 / Washoe County
- LST-1166 / Washtenaw County
- LST-1167 / Westchester County
- LST-1168 / Wexford County
- LST-1169 / Whitfield County
- LST-1170 / Windham County
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- Preceded by: Talbot County class
- Followed by: De Soto County class