USS Terrebonne Parish (LST-1156)
USS Terrebonne Parish (LST-1156), originally USS LST-1156, affectionately nicknamed the "T-Bone" by her early crew, was a Terrebonne Parish-class tank landing ship built for the United States Navy in 1952. The lead ship in her class, she was named for Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana, the only U.S. Navy vessel to bear the name. The ship was later transferred to Spain and renamed SPS Velasco (L-11), and was scrapped in 1994.
Read more about USS Terrebonne Parish (LST-1156): Construction and Commissioning, 1952, United States East Coast, Caribbean, and Atlantic Operations, 1952–1957, First Mediterranean Deployment, 1957–1958, Second Mediterranean Deployment and Caribbean and United States East Coast Operations, 1958–1959, Inland Seas Cruise, United States East Coast Operations, and Mediterranean Deployments, 1959–1961, Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962, United States East Coast Operations and Mediterranean Deployment, 1963–1964, Mediterranean Deployment, 1964–1965, Caribbean Operations, 1965–1966, Seventh Mediterranean Deployment, 1967, Eighth Mediterranean Deployment, 1969, and Caribbean Deployment, 1970, United States East Coast Operations, 1970, Ninth Mediterranean Deployment, 1970–1971, and Caribbean Deployment, 1971, Transfer To Spain, 1971, and Spanish Navy Career, 1971–1994
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