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United States | |
Name | USS Terrebonne Parish (LST-1156) |
Namesake | Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana |
Builder | Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine |
Laid down | 2 January 1952 |
Launched | 9 August 1952 |
Sponsored by | Miss Anne L. McCrea |
Commissioned | 21 November 1952 |
Decommissioned | 29 October 1971 |
Renamed | From USS LST-1156 to USS Terrebonne Parish 1 July 1955 |
Stricken | 1 November 1976 |
Nickname(s) | "T-Bone" |
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Fate |
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Notes | Became Velasco (L-11) in Spanish Navy service; served in Spanish Navy 1971–1994 |
Spain | |
Name | Velasco (L-11) |
Acquired | On loan from 29 October 1971, purchased 17 May 1978 |
Out of service | 1980 |
Fate | used as training hulk for UOE at La Carraca shipyard, Cádiz before being scrapped in 1994 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Terrebonne Parish-class tank landing ship |
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Length | 384 ft 0 in (117.04 m) |
Beam | 55 ft 0 in (16.76 m) |
Draft | 17 ft 0 in (5.18 m) |
Installed power | 6,000 shaft horsepower (4.48 megawatts) |
Propulsion | Four General Motors 16-278A diesel engines, two controllable-pitch propellers |
Speed | 14 knots |
Boats & landing craft carried | Three LCVPs, one LCPL |
Troops | 395 (15 officers and 380 enlisted men) |
Complement | 205 (16 officers and 189 enlisted men) |
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USS Terrebonne Parish (LST-1156), originally USS LST-1156, affectionately nicknamed the "T-Bone" by her early crew, was a Terrebonne Parish-class tank landing ship built for the United States Navy in 1952. The lead ship in her class, she was named for Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana, the only U.S. Navy vessel to bear the name. The ship was later transferred to Spain and renamed Velasco (L-11), and was scrapped in 1994.