Thomaston class dock landing ship
- Thomaston class dock landing ship
The "Thomaston" class dock landing ship is a class of United States Navy dock landing ships. There are eight ships of the "Thomaston" class:
*USS Alamo (LSD-33)
*USS Fort Snelling (LSD-30)
*USS Hermitage (LSD-34)
*USS Monticello (LSD-35)
*USS Plymouth Rock (LSD-29)
*USS Point Defiance (LSD-31)
*USS Spiegel Grove (LSD-32)
*USS Thomaston (LSD-28)
The class of the ship is named after a town in Maine - Thomaston, which was the home of General Henry Knox, the first Secretary of War to serve under the United States Constitution. [ [http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/t5/thomaston.htm Naval Historical Center, Thomaston] , accessed 15-12-07]
The class was designed and approved in the early 1950s. The lead ship of her class, the first to be built was the "Thomaston" (LSD-28), which was laid down on 3 March 1953 at Pascagoula, Miss., by the Ingalls Shipbuilding Corp.; launched on 9 February 1954, sponsored by Mrs. Mathias B. Gardner; and commissioned on 17 September 1954, Captain Marion F. Ramirez de Arellano in command.
hip Characteristics
* Displacement: 11,800 tons (full load)
* Length: 510 feet
* Beam: 84 feet
* Max Speed: 22-plus knots
* Power Plant: 2 - 600 psi Boilers, 2 geared turbines, 2 shafts, 24,000 total shaft horsepower
* Aircraft: Landing area only
* Landing Craft: 3 - LCU (or); 9 - LCM-8 (or); 50 - AAV/LVTP-7 amphibious tractors
* Armament: 4 - 3 inch / 50 cal MK 33 AA guns(2 twinmounts)
* Complement: Ship's company: 348 (18 officer, 330 enlisted); Troops: 325
* Builders: Ingalls Shipbuilding, Pascagoula, Miss. [ [http://www.ussthomaston.com/history.html#TCLASS USS Thomaston, Ship Characteristics] , accessed 15-12-07]
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