USS Windham County (LST-1170)
USS Windham County (LST-1170) off South Vietnam, ca. 1966 |
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| Career (United States) | |
|---|---|
| Name: | USS Windham County |
| Namesake: | Windham County in Connecticut and Windham County in Vermont |
| Builder: | Christy Corporation, Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin |
| Laid down: | 21 April 1953 |
| Launched: | 22 May 1954 |
| Commissioned: | 15 December 1954 |
| Decommissioned: | 1 June 1973 |
| Renamed: | USS Windham County 1 July 1955 (previously was USS LST-1170) |
| Struck: | 6 August 1989 |
| Honors and awards: |
3 Navy Unit Commendations, 3 Meritorious Unit Commendations, and 13 battle stars for Vietnam War service |
| Fate: | Transferred to Turkey 1973 Became Turkish training ship TCG Ertugrul (L-401) |
| Notes: | In commissioned service as USS LST-1170 1954-1955 and as USS Windham County (LST-1170) 1955-1973 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type: | LST-1156-(Terrebonne Parish-) class landing ship tank |
| Displacement: | 2,590 tons (light); 5,800 tons (full) |
| Length: | 384 ft (117 m) |
| Beam: | 55 ft (17 m) |
| Draft: | 17 ft (5.2 m) |
| Installed power: | 6,000 shp (4.48 MW) |
| Propulsion: | Four General Motors 16-278A diesel engines, two controllable-pitch propellers |
| Speed: | 14 knots |
| Boats & landing craft carried: |
3 x landing craft, vehicle, personnel LCVPs, 1 x landing craft personnel (large) LCPL |
| Troops: | 395 (15 officers, 380 enlisted men) |
| Complement: | 205 (16 officers, 189 enlisted men) |
| Armor: | 3 x twin 3-inch (76.2-millimeter) dual-purpose gun mounts 5 x single 20-millimeter antiaircraft gun mounts |
USS Windham County (LST-1170), previously USS LST-1170, was a United States Navy landing ship tank (LST) in commission from 1954 to 1973 which saw service in the Atlantic, Caribbean, and Pacific and served in the Vietnam War.
Read more about USS Windham County (LST-1170): Construction and Commissioning, Atlantic, Caribbean, and Mediterranean Service, Pacific Service, Vietnam War Service 1964-1966, Vietnam War Service 1967, Vietnam War Service 1968, Vietnam War Service 1969-1972, Vietnam War Awards, Decommissioning and Transfer To Turkey
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