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| Class overview | |
|---|---|
| Name | Thomaston class |
| Builders | Ingalls Shipbuilding, Pascagoula, Mississippi[1] |
| Operators | |
| Preceded by | Casa Grande class |
| Succeeded by | Anchorage class |
| Built | 1953–1956 |
| In commission | 1954–2016 |
| Completed | 8 |
| Retired | 8 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Dock landing ship |
| Displacement | 11,800 long tons (11,989 t) full load |
| Length | 510 ft (160 m) |
| Beam | 84 ft (26 m) |
| Propulsion | 2 × 600 psi boilers, 2 × geared turbines, 2 shafts, 24,000 shp (17,897 kW) |
| Speed | 22 knots (41 km/h; 25 mph)+ |
| Boats & landing craft carried | 3 × LCU or 9 × LCM-8 or 50 × AAV/LVTP-7 amphibious tractors |
| Troops | 325 |
| Complement | 348 (18 officers, 330 enlisted) |
| Armament | 4 × 3 in (76 mm)/50 cal Mk.33 AA guns (2 twin mounts) |
| Aviation facilities | Helicopter landing area |
The Thomaston class was a class of eight dock landing ships built for the United States Navy in the 1950s.
The class is named after a town of Thomaston, Maine, which was the home of General Henry Knox, the first Secretary of War to serve under the United States Constitution.[2]
- ^ Bundschuh, Randy. "USS Thomaston (LSD-28) Characteristics". Retrieved 2007-12-15.
- ^ "Thomaston". Naval Historical Center. Retrieved 2007-12-15.