USS Belle Grove (LSD-2)
| Career | |
|---|---|
| Laid down: | 27 October 1942 |
| Launched: | 17 February 1943 |
| Commissioned: | 9 August 1943 |
| Decommissioned: | 12 November 1969 |
| Struck: | 12 November 1969 |
| Motto: | "The Two Can Do!" |
| Fate: | Sold for scrap, 24 July 1970 |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 7,930 tons (loaded), 4,032 tons (light draft) |
| Length: | 457 ft 9 in (139.5 m) overall |
| Beam: | 72 ft 2 in (22.0 m) |
| Draft: | 15 ft 5½ in (4.7 m) fwd, 16 ft 2 in (4.9 m) aft (loaded) |
| Propulsion: | 2 Babcock and Wilcox boilers, oil-fired; 2 Skinner Uni-Flow reciprocating engines; Twin screws |
| Speed: | 17 knots (31 km/h) |
| Range: | 8,000 nmi. at 15 knots (15,000 km at 28 km/h) |
| Boats & landing craft carried: |
3 × LCT (Mk V or VI) each w/ 5 medium tanks or 2 × LCT (Mk III or IV) each w/ 12 medium tanks or 14 × LCM (Mk III) each w/ 1 medium tank or 1,500 long tons cargo or 47 × DUKW or 41 × LVT or Any combination of landing vehicles and landing craft up to capacity |
| Capacity: | 22 officers, 218 men |
| Complement: | 23 officers, 267 men |
| Armament: | • 1 × 5 in / 38 cal. DP gun; • 2 × 40 mm quad AA guns; • 2 × 40 mm twin AA guns; • 16 × 20 mm AA guns |
USS Belle Grove (LSD-2) was a Ashland-class dock landing ship of the United States Navy, named in honor of Belle Grove Plantation, the birthplace of President James Madison (1751–1836) in Port Conway, Virginia.
Belle Grove was laid down on 27 October 1942 by the Moore Dry Dock Company, Oakland, California; launched on 17 February 1943, sponsored by Mrs. George M. Lowry; and commissioned at Oakland on 9 August 1943, Lieutenant Commander Morris Seavey, USNR, in command.
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