Terrebonne Parish-class tank landing ship

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Class overview
Name	Terrebonne Parish class
Builders	Bath Iron Works Ingalls Shipbuilding Christy Shipbuilding
Operators	United States Navy   Spanish Navy   Hellenic Navy   Peruvian Navy   Bolivarian Navy of Venezuela   Turkish Navy
Preceded by	Talbot County class
Succeeded by	De Soto County class
Built	1952-1954
In commission	1952-1973
Planned	15
Completed	15
Laid up	1
Retired	15
General characteristics
Type	Tank landing ship
Displacement	2,590 long tons (2,632 t) light 5,800 long tons (5,893 t) full load
Length	384 ft (117 m)
Beam	55 ft (17 m)
Draft	17 ft 8 in (5.38 m)
Propulsion	4 × General Motors 16-278A diesel engines 2 × shafts Controllable pitch propellers
Speed	14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph)
Boats & landing craft carried	3 × LCVPs 1 × LCPL
Capacity	28 medium tanks or vehicles to 75 tons on 288 ft (88 m) tank deck 100,000 gal (US) diesel or jet fuel, plus 7,000 gal fuel for embarked vehicles
Troops	395 officers and enlisted men
Complement	16 officers and 189 enlisted men
Armament	3 × 3 in (76 mm)/50 cal Mark 22 guns 5 × Oerlikon 20 mm cannons
Aviation facilities	Helipad

The Terrebonne Parish-class tank landing ship was a class of tank landing ship of United States Navy and later sold to the Spanish, Hellenic, Peruvian, 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 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. ^[1]

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.

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 vandalized and stripped of parts throughout the years but despite that, efforts were still being done to repair and make her into a museum ship. She is also the only ship converted into a mine sweeper from her class.

Ships of class

Pennant number	Name	Callsign	Builders	Launched	Commissioned	Decommissioned	Fate
Terrebonne Parish-class tank landing ship [2]
LST-1156	Terrebonne Parish	NLOU	Bath Iron Works	9 August 1952	21 November 1952	29 October 1971	Sold to Spain and renamed Velasco (L11), later scrapped in 1994
LST-1157	Terrell County	NNAG		6 December 1952	14 March 1953	25 March 1971	Sold to Greece and renamed Inouse (L-104), later sunk as target on 4 October 2007
LST-1158	TiogaCounty	NDPR		11 April 1953	20 June 1953	23 December 1970	Scrapped on 17 August 2005
LST-1159	Tom Green County	NCEH		2 July 1953	12 September 1953	5 January 1972	Sold to Spain and renamed Conde del Venadito (L13), fate unknown
LST-1160	Traverse County	NEWO		3 October 1953	19 December 1953	30 November 1970	Sold to Peru and renamed BAP Eten (DT-144), fate unknown
LST-1161	Vernon County	NBTB	Ingalls Shipbuilding	25 November 1952	18 May 1953	14 June 1973	Sold to Venezuela and renamed ARV Amazonas (T-21), fate unknown
LST-1162	Wahkiakum County	NHPW		23 January 1953	13 August 1953	16 October 1970	Scrapped on 22 June 2005
LST-1163	Waldo County			17 May 1953	17 September 1953	21 December 1970	Sold to Peru and renamed BAP Pisco (DT-142), scrapped in 2012
LST-1164	Walworth County	NEMX		15 May 1953	26 October 1953	2 April 1971	Sold to Peru and renamed BAP Paita (DT-141), fate unknown
LST-1165	Washoe County	NMHV		14 July 1953	30 November 1953	25 November 1970	Sold to Peru and renamed BAP Callao (DT-143), sunk as target on 30 September 2021
LST-1166 / MSS-2	Washtenaw County	NFLX	Christy Shipbuilding	22 November 1952	29 October 1953	30 August 1973	Sold to commercial service, abandoned and laid up at Columbia River since 1980
LST-1167	Westchester County	NCBI		18 April 1953	10 March 1954	30 November 1973	Sold to Turkey and renamed TCG Serdar (L-402), sunk as target on 30 May 2014
LST-1168	Wexford County	NRHA		28 November 1953	15 June 1954	29 October 1971	Sold to Spain and renamed Martín Álvarez (L-12), scrapped in 1995
LST-1169	Whitfield County	NNZE		22 August 1953	14 September 1954	15 March 1973	Sold to Greece and renamed Kos (L-116), sunk as target on 24 June 2004
LST-1170	Windham County	NPNC		22 May 1954	15 December 1954	1 June 1973	Sold to Turkey and renamed TCG Ertuğrul (L-401), fate unknown

Citations

1. "LST-1156 Terrebonne Parish". www.globalsecurity.org. Retrieved 6 December 2021.
2. "Tank Landing Ship (LST)". NavSource. Retrieved 5 December 2021.