USS Spiegel Grove
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USS Spiegel Grove (LSD-32) was a Thomaston-class dock landing ship of the United States Navy. She was named for Spiegel Grove, the home and estate in Fremont, Ohio, of Rutherford B. Hayes, the 19th President of the United States.
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USS Spiegel Grove (LSD-32) with a LCAC returning into the docking well of the ship | |
History | |
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United States | |
Name | Spiegel Grove |
Namesake | Spiegel Grove |
Awarded | 18 March 1954 |
Builder | Ingalls Shipbuilding, Pascagoula, Mississippi |
Laid down | 7 September 1954 |
Launched | 10 November 1955 |
Commissioned | 8 June 1956 |
Decommissioned | 2 October 1989 |
Stricken | 13 December 1989 |
Nickname(s) | "Top Dog" |
Fate | Sunk as an artificial reef, 17 May 2002 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Thomaston-class dock landing ship |
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Length | 510 ft (160 m) |
Beam | 84 ft (26 m) |
Draft | 19 ft (5.8 m) |
Propulsion | 2 steam turbines, 2 shafts, 23,000 shp (17 MW) |
Speed | 21 knots (39 km/h) |
Boats & landing craft carried | |
Troops | 330 enlisted troops |
Complement | 18 officers, 300 crew |
Armament |
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Aircraft carried | up to 8 helicopters |
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