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USS Walworth County (LST-1164)
USS ''Walworth County'' (LST-1164), previously USS ''LST-1164'', was a United States Navy landing ship tank (LST) in commission from 1953 to 1971, and which then saw non-commissioned Military Sealift Command service as USNS ''Walworth County'' (T-LST-1164) from 1972 to 1973. Construction and commissioning ''Walworth County'' was designed under project SCB 9A and laid down as USS ''LST-1164'' on 22 September 1952 at Pascagoula, Mississippi by the Ingalls Shipbuilding Corporation. She was launched on 15 May 1953, sponsored by Mrs. John A. Furr, and commissioned on 26 October 1953. Operations in U.S. waters 1953–1956 ''LST-1164'' departed Pascagoula on 20 November 1953, bound for Norfolk, Virginia. She conducted shakedown in the Chesapeake Bay and became a unit of Landing Ship Tank Division 23. The ship arrived at her home port of Naval Amphibious Base Little Creek, Virginia Beach, Virginia, on 3 December 1953. On 6 April 1954, ''LST-1164'' departed the amphibious bas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
USS Walworth County (LST-1164)
USS ''Walworth County'' (LST-1164), previously USS ''LST-1164'', was a United States Navy landing ship tank (LST) in commission from 1953 to 1971, and which then saw non-commissioned Military Sealift Command service as USNS ''Walworth County'' (T-LST-1164) from 1972 to 1973. Construction and commissioning ''Walworth County'' was designed under project SCB 9A and laid down as USS ''LST-1164'' on 22 September 1952 at Pascagoula, Mississippi by the Ingalls Shipbuilding Corporation. She was launched on 15 May 1953, sponsored by Mrs. John A. Furr, and commissioned on 26 October 1953. Operations in U.S. waters 1953–1956 ''LST-1164'' departed Pascagoula on 20 November 1953, bound for Norfolk, Virginia. She conducted shakedown in the Chesapeake Bay and became a unit of Landing Ship Tank Division 23. The ship arrived at her home port of Naval Amphibious Base Little Creek, Virginia Beach, Virginia, on 3 December 1953. On 6 April 1954, ''LST-1164'' departed the amphibious bas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Terrebonne Parish-class Tank Landing Ship
The ''Terrebonne Parish''-class tank landing ship was a class of Tank Landing Ship, tank landing ship of United States Navy and later sold to the Spanish Navy, Spanish, Hellenic Navy, Hellenic, Peruvian Navy, Peruvian, Bolivarian Navy of Venezuela, 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 Bay Shipbuilding Company, 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. 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. ''USS Washtenaw County (LST-1166), 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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |