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Terrebonne Parish-class tank landing ship

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The Terrebonne Parish class was a group of fifteen tank landing ships built for the United States Navy in the early 1950s, and later sold to the navies of Spain, Greece, Peru, Venezuela and Turkey. They were authorized in the 1950s and divided among three yards, Bath Iron Works, Ingalls Shipbuilding and Christy Shipbuilding, each of which built a batch of five between 1952 and 1954. Several of the ships served in the Vietnam War. All of them left United States service between 1970 and 1973, and many were transferred abroad, where some remained in use until the mid-2010s. Washtenaw County went into commercial service and was later abandoned on the Columbia River, where efforts to turn the hulk into a museum were still under way in 2021. She is also the only ship of the class converted into a minesweeper.

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Year
1952 1
Propulsion
Diesel 2
Status
Retired from service 1
Comparison
Body Style
Tank landing ship 1
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Source Terrebonne Parish-class tank landing ship (Wikipedia)Development, builders
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fifteen ships were authorized to begin construction by three shipbuilding companies (Bath Iron Works, Ingalls Shipbuilding and Christy Shipbuilding)

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The Terrebonne Parish-class tank landing ship was a class of tank landing ship of United States Navy
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1. Terrebonne Parish-class tank landing ship (Wikipedia)
  • Development, build period
    Three batches of five ships were built by each companies from 1952 until 1954.
  • Lead, United States Navy
    The Terrebonne Parish-class tank landing ship was a class of tank landing ship of United States Navy
  • Development, withdrawal
    All ships were put out of service in the United States from 1970 to 1973
  • Development, builders
    fifteen ships were authorized to begin construction by three shipbuilding companies (Bath Iron Works, Ingalls Shipbuilding and Christy Shipbuilding)
  • Of Make: Ingalls Shipbuilding, Development
    fifteen ships were authorized to begin construction by three shipbuilding companies (Bath Iron Works, Ingalls Shipbuilding and Christy Shipbuilding)
  • In Group: Naval Auxiliary, Support and Survey Ships, Lead, ship type
    The Terrebonne Parish-class tank landing ship was a class of tank landing ship of United States Navy
  • Exemplifies: Maritime Transport, Lead, sea transport
    The Terrebonne Parish-class tank landing ship was a class of tank landing ship of United States Navy
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2. GlobalSecurity.org: LST-1156 Terrebonne Parish Class
GlobalSecurity.orgClass description
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One of the major improvements of this class over the World War II class was the mounting of four diesel engines rather than the two mounted in the previous design.
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