Английская Википедия:Casa Grande-class dock landing ship
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Шаблон:Infobox ship imageШаблон:Infobox ship class overviewШаблон:Infobox ship characteristicsThe Casa Grande class was a class of dock landing ships used by the Royal Navy and the United States Navy during the Second World War. Nineteen ships were planned, but two, Шаблон:USS and Шаблон:USS were cancelled before being completed.
Design
The 'Landing Ship Dock' or LSD developed from a British staff requirement for a type of self-propelled drydock to transport beaching craft over long distances, that would in turn deliver trucks and supplies onto the beach.[1] A flooding deck aft capable of holding either two of the larger British Landing craft tanks (LCTs) or three of the new US LCTs was included in the designs.[1] With the option of fitting extra decks, large numbers of vehicles could be transported, and loaded into landing craft via ramps. Despite an initial specification for a speed of Шаблон:Convert, the LSDs were capable of only Шаблон:Convert.[1]
Service
The British initially ordered seven of the class from US dockyards, numbered LSD-9 to 15.[1] Only four were delivered, numbers 9 to 12, while 13 to 15 were retained by the US Navy, which ordered another twelve to the design, but only built ten.[1][2] In total thirteen of the ships served with the US Navy, while four ships served with the Royal Navy.[1]
Ships
Ship name | Hull number | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Commissioned | Decommissioned | Fate |
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Casa Grande | LSD-13 | Newport News Shipbuilding, Newport News, Virginia | 11 November 1943 | 11 April 1944 | 5 June 1944 | 6 October 1969 | Sold for scrap, 6 April 1992 |
Rushmore | LSD-14 | 31 December 1943 | 10 May 1944 | 3 July 1944 | 30 September 1970 | Sunk as a target, 16 April 1993 | |
Shadwell | LSD-15 | 17 January 1944 | 24 May 1944 | 24 July 1944 | 9 March 1970 | Scrapped, 2017 | |
Cabildo | LSD-16 | 24 July 1944 | 22 December 1944 | 15 March 1945 | 31 March 1970 | Sunk as a target, September 1985 | |
Catamount | LSD-17 | 7 August 1944 | 27 January 1945 | 9 April 1945 | 31 March 1970 | Sold for scrap, 4 December 1975 | |
Colonial | LSD-18 | 1 August 1944 | 28 February 1945 | 15 May 1945 | 1970 | Sold for scrap, 8 September 1993 | |
Comstock | LSD-19 | 3 January 1945 | 28 April 1945 | 2 July 1945 | 20 April 1970 | Transferred to Taiwan, 17 October 1984; sunk as artificial reef on 30 June 2015 | |
Donner | LSD-20 | Boston Navy Yard | 1 December 1944 | 6 April 1945 | 31 July 1945 | 23 December 1970 | Sold for scrap, March 2005 |
Fort Mandan | LSD-21 | 2 January 1945 | 2 June 1945 | 31 October 1945 | 23 January 1971 | Transferred to Greece, 23 January 1971; sold for scrap, November 2001 | |
Fort Marion | LSD-22 | Gulf Shipbuilding Corp., Chickasaw, Alabama | 15 September 1944 | 22 May 1945 | 29 January 1946 | 13 February 1970 | Transferred to Taiwan, 15 April 1977; sunk as artificial reef, 9 December 2000 |
Fort Snelling | LSD-23 | 8 November 1944 | Never | Never | Completed as a ferry and renamed SS Carib Queen; sold for scrap, 25 June 1969 | ||
Point Defiance | LSD-24 | 28 May 1945 | Never | Never | Cancelled, 17 August 1945; broken up on slipway | ||
San Marcos | LSD-25 | Philadelphia Navy Yard | 1 September 1944 | 10 January 1945 | 15 April 1945 | 1 July 1971 | Transferred to Spain, 1 July 1971; scrapped in 1989 |
Tortuga | LSD-26 | Boston Navy Yard | 16 October 1944 | 21 January 1945 | 8 June 1945 | 26 January 1970 | Run aground during storm, 15 December 1987; scrapped, 1988 |
Whetstone | LSD-27 | 7 April 1945 | 18 July 1945 | 12 February 1946 | 2 April 1970 | Sold for scrap, 17 February 1983 |
Ship name | Hull number | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Commissioned | Decommissioned | Fate |
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Eastway | F130 | Newport News Shipbuilding, Newport News, Virginia | 23 November 1942 | 21 May 1943 | 14 November 1943 | 23 April 1946 | Transferred to Greece, 1953; scrapped, 1972 |
Highway | F141 | 23 November 1942 | 19 July 1943 | 19 October 1943 | 23 April 1946 | Sold for scrap, 17 December 1948 | |
Northway | F142 | 24 May 1943 | 18 November 1943 | 15 February 1944 | 1946 | Sold to a commercial interest, 19 March 1948; scrapped, 1975 | |
Oceanway | F143 | 23 July 1943 | 29 December 1943 | 29 March 1944 | 1947 | Transferred to Greece, March 1947; transferred to France, 1952; sunk as target, 10 February 1970 |
Gallery
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An LCVP bucks in the well of USS Catamount (LSD-17) during mine clearance operations off Chinnampo, North Korea, in November 1950
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LVTs embarking British commandos leave USS Fort Marion (LSD-22) for the beach at Sorye Dong, Korea, on 7 April 1951
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USS Casa Grande (LSD-13) discharging LCU-1491 from her well deck, circa 1957
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USS San Marcos (LSD-25, front) with USS Donner (LSD-20, rear)
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Decommissioned USS Shadwell (LSD-15) in Mobile Bay as a Fire Research asset, 2014
Notes
References
External links
- Casa Grande class at Uboat.net
- "Mother of Minesweepers." Popular Mechanics, February 1952, pp. 97–104.
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