Canada; China; France; Soviet Union; Taiwan; United Kingdom; United States
Operators
1943
Commissioned
United States
National Origin
24
Complement
Not Applicable.
Hull Class
923
Number-in-Class
LST-1 to LST-1139 allocated.
Ships-in-Class
Amphibious Assault
A shallow draught, and other qualities, give this vessel the ability to support amphibious assault operations close-to-shore.
158.5 feet
(48.31 meters)
Length
23.2 feet
(7.07 meters)
Beam
5.1 feet
(1.56 meters)
Draught
240
tons
Displacement
2 x Detroit Diesel 6051 Quad-71 (8 x General Motors diesel truck engines) engines developing 1,600 horsepower to 2 x shafts.
Propulsion
16.0 knots
(18.4 mph)
Surface Speed
3,997 nm
(4,600 miles | 7,403 km)
Range
1 knot = 1.15 mph; 1 nm = 1.15 mile; 1 nm = 1.85 km
4 OR 5 x 20mm Oerlikon Anti-Aircraft (AA) guns (one forward, one amidships, two aft).