USS Ozark (LSV-2)

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USS Ozark on 16 September 1944
History
United States
Name	USS Ozark
Namesake	An Indian tribe of the Quapaw confederacy living in Missouri and Arkansas
Ordered	as Mine Layer CM-7
Builder	Willamette Iron and Steel Corp, Portland, Oregon
Laid down	12 July 1941
Launched	15 June 1942
Sponsored by	Mrs. A. J. Byrholdt
Commissioned	23 September 1944
Decommissioned	1 April 1974
Stricken	1 April 1974
Identification	LSV-2
Honors and awards	Battle stars: Luzon, Iwo Jima, Okinawa – Won the Philippine Republic Presidential Unit Citation
Fate	Sunk as a target off Destin, Florida 1981
General characteristics
Class and type	Catskill-class vehicle landing ship
Displacement	5,875 tons (dockside) 9,040 tons (fully loaded)
Length	453 ft 0 in (138.07 m)
Beam	60 ft 2 in (18.34 m)
Draft	20 ft 0 in (6.10 m)
Propulsion	Four Combustion Engineering 2-drum boilers, two General Electric geared turbines, two shafts
Speed	20 knots (37 km/h; 23 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	2 x single 5 in (130 mm)/38 dual-purpose gun mounts 4 x twin 40 mm guns 20 x single 20 mm guns
Aircraft carried	Two helicopters (MCS configuration)

USS Ozark (LSV–2/CM-7/AP-107/MCS-2) was a Catskill-class vehicle landing ship built for the United States Navy during World War II. Named for the native American Ozark tribe of the Quapaw confederacy, she was the third U.S. Naval vessel to bear the name.