_underway_in_1974.jpeg) Plymouth Rock underway, 10 September 1974
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| History | |
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 United States | |
| Name | USS Plymouth Rock |
| Namesake | Plymouth Rock |
| Awarded | 28 February 1952 |
| Builder | Ingalls Shipbuilding, Pascagoula, Mississippi |
| Laid down | 4 May 1953 |
| Launched | 7 May 1954 |
| Commissioned | 29 November 1954 |
| Decommissioned | 30 September 1983 |
| Stricken | 24 February 1992 |
| Fate | Sold for scrap, 25 August 1995 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Thomaston-class dock landing ship |
| Displacement |
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| Length | 510 ft (160 m) |
| Beam | 84 ft (26 m) |
| Draft | 19 ft (5.8 m) |
| Propulsion | 2 × steam turbines, 2 shafts, 23,000 shp (17 MW) |
| Speed | 21 knots (39 km/h; 24 mph) |
| Boats & landing craft carried | 21 × LCM-6 landing craft in well deck |
| Troops | 300 |
| Complement | 304 |
| Armament | 6 × twin 3"/50 caliber guns |
| Aircraft carried | One helicopter |
| Aviation facilities | Helicopter landing area usually of wood construction; no hangar |
USS Plymouth Rock (LSD-29) was a Thomaston-class dock landing ship of the United States Navy, named for Plymouth Rock, the legendary landing site of the Pilgrims in 1620.
Plymouth Rock was laid down by Ingalls Shipbuilding Corp., Pascagoula, Mississippi on 4 May 1953; launched on 7 May 1954; sponsored by Mrs. Francis C. Denebrink; and commissioned on 29 November 1954.