Talbot County-class tank landing ship

The Talbot County-class tank landing ships was a class of tank landing ship of the United States Navy. They were the only steam-powered LSTs built.^[2]

USS Tallahatchie County
Class overview
Name	Talbot County class
Builders	Boston Navy Yard
Operators	United States Navy
Preceded by	LST(2) class
Succeeded by	Terrebonne Parish class
Built	1945-1947
In commission	1946-1970
Planned	3
Completed	2
Cancelled	1
Retired	2
General characteristics [1]
Type	Tank landing ship
Displacement	6,000 long tons (6,096 t)
Length	328 ft (100 m)
Beam	54 ft (16 m)
Draft	14 ft 5 in (4.39 m)
Propulsion	2 × 450 psi (3,100 kPa) Babcock & Wilcox boilers 2 × Geared turbines (Westinghouse forward, General Electric aft)
Speed	14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph)
Troops	197
Complement	190
Armament	2 × single 5"/38 caliber guns 2 × twin Bofors 40 mm guns 2 × single Oerlikon 20 mm cannons
Aviation facilities	Helipad

Ships of class

Pennant number	Name	Callsign	Builders	Launched	Commissioned	Decommissioned	Fate
Talbot County-class tank landing ship[3]
LST-1153	Talbot County	NKHZ	Boston Navy Yard	24 April 1947	3 September 1947	3 April 1970	Sold to commercial service, fate unknown
LST-1154 / AVB-2	Tallahatchie County	NKIB		19 July 1946	24 May 1949	15 January 1970	Scrapped in July 1970
LST-1155	Cancelled