Terrebonne Parish-class tank landing ship

Summary

The Terrebonne Parish-class tank landing ship was a class of tank landing ship of United States Navy and later sold to the Spanish, Hellenic, Peruvian, Venezuelan and Turkish Navy.

BAP Eten
Class overview
NameTerrebonne Parish class
Builders
Operators
Preceded byTalbot County class
Succeeded byDe Soto County class
Built1952-1954
In commission1952-1973
Planned15
Completed15
Laid up1
Retired15
General characteristics
TypeTank landing ship
Displacement
  • 2,590 long tons (2,632 t) light
  • 5,800 long tons (5,893 t) full load
Length384 ft (117 m)
Beam55 ft (17 m)
Draft17 ft 8 in (5.38 m)
Propulsion
Speed14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph)
Boats & landing
craft carried
Capacity
  • 28 medium tanks or vehicles to 75 tons on 288 ft (88 m) tank deck
  • 100,000 gal (US) diesel or jet fuel, plus 7,000 gal fuel for embarked vehicles
Troops395 officers and enlisted men
Complement16 officers and 189 enlisted men
Armament
Aviation facilitiesHelipad

Development edit

In the 1950s, fifteen ships were authorized to begin construction by three shipbuilding companies (Bath Iron Works, Ingalls Shipbuilding and Christy Shipbuilding). Three batches of five ships were built by each companies from 1952 until 1954. Several ships proceed to serve in the Vietnam War.[1]

All ships were put out of service in the United States from 1970 to 1973, with many being transferred to foreign service which some were in service until the mid-2010s.

Washtenaw County was sold for commercial service but was abandoned in 1980 in which she remained afloat at the Columbia River as of 6 December 2021. The ship has been heavily vandalized and stripped of parts throughout the years but despite that, efforts were still being done to repair and make her into a museum ship. She is also the only ship converted into a mine sweeper from her class.

Ships of class edit

Pennant number Name Callsign Builders Launched Commissioned Decommissioned Fate
Terrebonne Parish-class tank landing ship[2]
LST-1156 Terrebonne Parish NLOU Bath Iron Works 9 August 1952 21 November 1952 29 October 1971 Sold to Spain and renamed Velasco (L11), later scrapped in 1994
LST-1157 Terrell County NNAG 6 December 1952 14 March 1953 25 March 1971 Sold to Greece and renamed Inouse (L-104), later sunk as target on 4 October 2007
LST-1158 Tioga County NDPR 11 April 1953 20 June 1953 23 December 1970 Scrapped on 17 August 2005
LST-1159 Tom Green County NCEH 2 July 1953 12 September 1953 5 January 1972 Sold to Spain and renamed Conde del Venadito (L13), fate unknown
LST-1160 Traverse County NEWO 3 October 1953 19 December 1953 30 November 1970 Sold to Peru and renamed BAP Eten (DT-144), fate unknown
LST-1161 Vernon County NBTB Ingalls Shipbuilding 25 November 1952 18 May 1953 14 June 1973 Sold to Venezuela and renamed ARV Amazonas (T-21), fate unknown
LST-1162 Wahkiakum County NHPW 23 January 1953 13 August 1953 16 October 1970 Scrapped on 22 June 2005
LST-1163 Waldo County 17 May 1953 17 September 1953 21 December 1970 Sold to Peru and renamed BAP Pisco (DT-142), scrapped in 2012
LST-1164 Walworth County NEMX 15 May 1953 26 October 1953 2 April 1971 Sold to Peru and renamed BAP Paita (DT-141), fate unknown
LST-1165 Washoe County NMHV 14 July 1953 30 November 1953 25 November 1970 Sold to Peru and renamed BAP Callao (DT-143), sunk as target on 30 September 2021
LST-1166 / MSS-2 Washtenaw County NFLX Christy Shipbuilding 22 November 1952 29 October 1953 30 August 1973 Sold to commercial service, abandoned and laid up at Columbia River since 1980
LST-1167 Westchester County NCBI 18 April 1953 10 March 1954 30 November 1973 Sold to Turkey and renamed TCG Serdar (L-402), sunk as target on 30 May 2014
LST-1168 Wexford County NRHA 28 November 1953 15 June 1954 29 October 1971 Sold to Spain and renamed Martín Álvarez (L-12), scrapped in 1995
LST-1169 Whitfield County NNZE 22 August 1953 14 September 1954 15 March 1973 Sold to Greece and renamed Kos (L-116), sunk as target on 24 June 2004
LST-1170 Windham County NPNC 22 May 1954 15 December 1954 1 June 1973 Sold to Turkey and renamed TCG Ertuğrul (L-401), fate unknown

Citations edit

  1. ^ "LST-1156 Terrebonne Parish". www.globalsecurity.org. Retrieved 6 December 2021.
  2. ^ "Tank Landing Ship (LST)". www.navsource.org. Retrieved 5 December 2021.