&sq=&lang=&file=File:USS_Tuscaloosa_(LST-1187)_at_anchor_off_San_Diego_in_1976.JPEG) USS Tuscaloosa (LST-1187) at anchor off San Diego in 1976
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| History | |
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 United States | |
| Name | Tuscaloosa |
| Namesake | Tuscaloosa |
| Builder | National Steel and Shipbuilding Company, San Diego, California |
| Laid down | 23 November 1968 |
| Launched | 6 September 1969 |
| Commissioned | 24 October 1970 |
| Decommissioned | 18 February 1994 |
| Fate | Sunk as target, 14 July 2014 |
| 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 Tuscaloosa (LST-1187) was the ninth of the Newport-class tank landing ships of the United States Navy, which replaced the traditional bow door-design tank landing ships (LSTs). The vessel was constructed by the National Steel and Shipbuilding Company in San Diego, California and was launched in 1969 and commissioned in 1970 and the second ship of the United States Navy to be named after the city of Tuscaloosa, Alabama. The LST participated in the Vietnam War and was decommissioned in 1994. The ship was laid up until being sunk as a target ship during a sinking exercise in 2014.