USS Catskill (LSV-1)

USS Catskill on 30 March 1945
History
United States
Name	USS Catskill
Namesake	Catskill Mountains in New York
Builder	Willamette Iron and Steel Works, Portland, Oregon
Laid down	12 July 1941, as CM-6 (minelayer)
Launched	19 May 1942
Decommissioned	30 August 1946
Reclassified	AP-106 (transport), 1 May 1943 LSV-1 (Landing Ship Vehicle), 21 April 1944 MCS-1 (Mine Countermeasures Support Ship), 18 October 1956
Stricken	1 July 1961
Reinstated	1 June 1964
Recommissioned	6 October 1967
Decommissioned	December 1970
Honours and awards	3 battle stars (World War II) 5 campaign stars (Vietnam)
General characteristics
Type	Landing ship
Displacement	5,875 long tons (5,969 t) light 9,040 long tons (9,185 t) full
Length	455 ft 5 in (138.81 m)
Beam	60 ft 2 in (18.34 m)
Draft	20 ft (6.1 m)
Propulsion	2 × Combustion Engineering 2-drum boilers 2 × General Electric geared turbines 2 shafts
Speed	23 knots (43 km/h; 26 mph)
Boats & landing craft carried	31 × DUKWs, plus LCVPs (LSV configuration) 20 × 36 ft (11 m)-MSLs (MCS configuration)
Troops	868 officers and enlisted (LSV configuration)
Complement	400+ officers and enlisted men
Armament	4 × single 5"/38 caliber gun mounts 4 × twin 40 mm guns 20 × single 20 mm guns
Aircraft carried	2 helicopters (MCS configuration)

USS Catskill (LSV-1) was a vehicle landing ship built for the United States Navy during World War II. The lead ship of her class, she was named for the Catskill Mountains in southeastern New York State.