USS Colonial (LSD-18)
| Career | |
|---|---|
| Awarded: | 1 July 1943 |
| Laid down: | 1 August 1944 |
| Launched: | 28 February 1945 |
| Commissioned: | 15 May 1945 |
| Decommissioned: | 1970 |
| Struck: | 15 October 1976 |
| Fate: | Sold for scrap, 8 September 1993 |
| 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: | 8 ft 2½ in (2.5 m) fwd, 10 ft ½ in (3.1 m) aft (light); 15 ft 5½ in (4.7 m) fwd, 16 ft 2 in (4.9 m) aft (loaded) |
| Propulsion: | 2 Babcock and Wilcox boilers, 2 Skinner Uniflow Reciprocating Steam Engines, 2 propeller shafts - each shaft 3,700 hp, at 240 rpm total shaft horse power 7,400, 2 11 ft 9 in diameter, 9 ft 9 in pitch propellers |
| 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: | 17 officers, 237 men (ship); 6 officers, 30 men (landing craft) |
| 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 |
| Aircraft carried: | modified to accommodate helicopters on an added portable deck |
USS Colonial (LSD-18) was a Casa Grande-class dock landing ship of the United States Navy, named in honor of the Colonial National Historical Park, which comprises Jamestown, Williamsburg, and Yorktown in southeastern Virginia.
Colonial was launched on 28 February 1945 by Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Co., Newport News, Va., sponsored by Mrs. L. L. Dean; and commissioned on 15 May 1945, Lieutenant Commander J. A. Paterson, USNR, in command.
Read more about USS Colonial (LSD-18): 1945–1952, 1953–1970, Awards, References
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