_stbd_bow_view.jpg) USS Fairfax County
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| History | |
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 United States | |
| Name | Fairfax County |
| Namesake | Fairfax County, Virginia |
| Ordered | 15 July 1966 |
| Builder | National Steel and Shipbuilding Company, San Diego, California |
| Laid down | 28 March 1970 |
| Launched | 19 December 1970 |
| Commissioned | 16 October 1971 |
| Decommissioned | 17 August 1994 |
| Stricken | 17 August 1994 |
| Identification | LST-1193 |
| Fate | Sold to Royal Australian Navy as HMAS Manoora |
 Australia | |
| Name | HMAS Manoora |
| Acquired | 27 September 1994 |
| Commissioned | 25 November 1994 |
| Decommissioned | 27 May 2011 |
| Identification | L 52 |
| Fate | Scrapped |
| General characteristics as built | |
| Class and type | Newport-class tank landing ship |
| Displacement | |
| Length | |
| Beam | 69 ft 6 in (21.2 m) |
| Draft | 17 ft 6 in (5.3 m) max |
| Propulsion |
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| 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 |
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| Armament | 2 × twin 3"/50 caliber guns |
| Aviation facilities | Helicopter deck |
USS Fairfax County (LST-1193) was the fifteenth of twenty Newport-class tank landing ships of the United States Navy (USN) which replaced the traditional bow door-design tank landing ships (LSTs). Named after a county in Virginia, the ship was constructed by National Steel and Shipbuilding Company of San Diego, California. The LST was launched in 1970 and was commissioned into the USN in 1971. Fairfax County was alternated deployments between the Caribbean Sea and the Mediterranean Sea. During the Gulf War, Fairfax County was deployed off the northern African coast as part of a deterrent force. The ship was decommissioned from the USN in 1994.
The LST was sold to Australia and commissioned into the Royal Australian Navy as HMAS Manoora (L 52) in 1994. The ship underwent a significant refit, altering the vessel's ability to land ships over its bow. The ship remained in service until 2011, when it was decommissioned. Manoora was towed back to the United States and broken up for scrap in 2013.