USS Tallahatchie County
Class overview
NameTalbot County class
BuildersBoston Navy Yard
Operators United States Navy
Preceded byLST(2) class
Succeeded byTerrebonne Parish class
Built1945-1947
In commission1946-1970
Planned3
Completed2
Cancelled1
Retired2
General characteristics [1]
TypeTank landing ship
Displacement6,000 long tons (6,096 t)
Length328 ft (100 m)
Beam54 ft (16 m)
Draft14 ft 5 in (4.39 m)
Propulsion
Speed14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph)
Troops197
Complement190
Armament
Aviation facilitiesHelipad

The Talbot County-class tank landing ships was a class of tank landing ship of the United States Navy. They were the only steam-powered LSTs built.[2]

Ships of class

Pennant number Name Callsign Builders Launched Commissioned Decommissioned Fate
Talbot County-class tank landing ship[3]
LST-1153 Talbot County NKHZ Boston Navy Yard 24 April 1947 3 September 1947 3 April 1970 Sold to commercial service, fate unknown
LST-1154 / AVB-2 Tallahatchie County NKIB 19 July 1946 24 May 1949 15 January 1970 Scrapped in July 1970
LST-1155 Cancelled

References

  1. ^ "Tank Landing Ship LST-1153 Talbot County". navsource.org. 2011. Retrieved 14 November 2012.
  2. ^ "LST-1153 Talbot County". globalsecurity.org. 2012. Retrieved 14 November 2012.
  3. ^ "Tank Landing Ship (LST)". www.navsource.org. Retrieved 2021-12-05.
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