U.S.S. SCHENECTADY
(LST 1185)

THE SHIP

Courtesy of Richard Miller BMCS USNR Ret.

SHIP VITALS AND GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS

Class: Newport
Contract Awarded: July 15, 1966
Keel laid: August 2, 1968
Launched: May 24, 1969
Commissioned: June 13, 1970
Decommissioned: December 15, 1993
Builder: National Steel and Shipbuilding Company, San Diego, Calif.
Propulsion system: 6 diesels; 16,000 horsepower; bow thruster
Propellers: two and one bow thruster screw
Length: 522 feet (159 meters)
Length over derrick arms: 561 feet (171 meters)
Beam: 70 feet (21.2 meters)
Draft: 17,4 feet (5.3 meters)
Displacement: approx. 8,500 tons
Speed: 20 knots
Aircraft: helicopter platform only
Armament: one 20mm Phalanx CIWS, 4 3-inch/.50-caliber guns
Crew: 14 officers, 210 enlisted and approx. 350 embarked troops
See the Navy site

BOW CONFIGURATION, Hinged bow and ramp deployment

 

[USS Schenectady under way, photo courtesy of Brady S. Clinger]

Everyday shipboard life aboard the WestPac workhorse.

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