USS Schenectady
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Not to be confused with SS Schenectady.
USS Schenectady (LST-1185) was the fifth Newport-class tank landing ship which replaced the traditional bow door-design tank landing ships (LSTs). It was delivered to the US Navy on 1 May 1970 and commissioned on 13 June 1970. Schenectady operated in support of American forces in Vietnam and Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm. It was decommissioned on 15 December 1993 and held in reserve until it was sunk as a target on 23 November 2004.
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USS Schenectady underway | |
History | |
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United States | |
Name | Schenectady |
Namesake | Schenectady County, New York |
Ordered | 15 July 1966 |
Builder | National Steel and Shipbuilding Company, San Diego, California |
Laid down | 2 August 1968 |
Launched | 24 May 1969 |
Acquired | 1 May 1970 |
Commissioned | 13 June 1970 |
Decommissioned | 15 December 1993 |
Fate | Sunk as a target, 23 November 2004 |
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General characteristics as built | |
Class and type | Newport-class tank landing ship |
Displacement | |
Length | |
Beam | 69 ft 6 in (21.2 m) |
Draft | 17 ft 6 in (5.3 m) max |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 22 knots (41 km/h; 25 mph) max |
Range | 2,500 nmi (4,600 km; 2,900 mi) at 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph) |
Troops | 431 max |
Complement | 213 |
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Armament | 2 × twin 3"/50 caliber guns |
Aviation facilities | Helicopter deck |
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