USS Cayuga (LST-1186)

Mattoso Maia on 7 January 2006
History
United States
Name	Cayuga
Namesake	Cayuga
Ordered	15 July 1966
Builder	National Steel & Shipbuilding, San Diego
Laid down	28 September 1968
Launched	12 July 1969
Sponsored by	Mrs. Luther C. Heinz
Commissioned	8 August 1970
Decommissioned	26 August 1994
Stricken	23 July 2002
Honors and awards	2 x battle star
Fate	Transferred to Brazil, 24 January 2001
Brazil
Name	Mattoso Maia
Namesake	Admiral Jorge do Paço Matoso Maia
Commissioned	3 November 1994[1]
Decommissioned	31 October 2023[2]
Identification	Pennant number: G 28 MMSI number: 710410000 Callsign: PWMM
Nickname(s)	O Rhino da Esquadra ("The fleet's Rhino")[1]
Status	Decommissioned
General characteristics as built
Class and type	Newport-class tank landing ship
Displacement	4,793 long tons (4,870 t) light 8,342 long tons (8,476 t) full load
Length	522 ft 4 in (159.2 m) oa 562 ft (171.3 m) over derrick arms
Beam	69 ft 6 in (21.2 m)
Draft	17 ft 6 in (5.3 m) max
Propulsion	2 shafts 6 Alco diesel engines (3 per shaft) 16,500 shp (12,300 kW) Bow thruster
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
Sensors and processing systems	2 × Mk 63 GCFS SPS-10 radar
Armament	2 × twin 3"/50 caliber guns
Aviation facilities	Helicopter deck

USS Cayuga (LST-1186) was a Newport-class tank landing ship of the United States Navy which replaced the traditional bow door-design tank landing ships (LSTs). The vessel was constructed by the National Steel and Shipbuilding Company in San Diego, California and was launched in 1969 and commissioned in 1970. Cayuga took part in the Vietnam War and Gulf War in American service. Decommissioned in 1994, the LST was transferred to the Brazilian Navy the same year on loan and renamed NDCC Mattoso Maia (G 28). The ship was purchased by Brazil outright in 2001. Mattoso Maia took part in MINUSTAH before being taken out of service in 2023.