USS Bristol County
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USS Bristol County (LST-1198) was the last of the twenty Newport-class tank landing ships of the United States Navy (USN) which replaced the traditional bow door-design tank landing ships (LSTs). The LST was constructed by National Steel and Shipbuilding Company of San Diego, California. Bristol County was launched in 1971 and commissioned into the USN in 1972. Bristol County was assigned to the United States Pacific Fleet and remained in service until 1994 when it was decommissioned. Sold to Morocco that year, the vessel was recommissioned into the Royal Moroccan Navy as Sidi Mohammed Ben Abdellah. The ship remains in service.
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USS Bristol County | |
History | |
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United States | |
Name | Bristol County |
Ordered | 15 July 1966 |
Builder | National Steel and Shipbuilding Company, San Diego, California |
Laid down | 13 February 1971 |
Launched | 4 December 1971 |
Acquired | 27 July 1972 |
Commissioned | 5 August 1972 |
Decommissioned | 29 July 1994 |
Stricken | 29 July 1994 |
Identification | LST-1198 |
Fate | Sold to Morocco, 16 August 1994 |
Morocco | |
Name | Sidi Mohammed Ben Abdellah |
Acquired | 16 August 1994 |
Identification | 407 |
Status | In service |
General characteristics as built | |
Class and type | Newport-class tank landing ship |
Displacement | |
Length | |
Beam | 69 ft 6 in (21.2 m) |
Draft | 17 ft 6 in (5.3 m) max |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 22 knots (41 km/h; 25 mph) max |
Range | 2,500 nmi (4,600 km; 2,900 mi) at 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph) |
Troops | 431 max |
Complement | 213 |
Sensors and processing systems |
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Armament | 2 × twin 3"/50 caliber guns |
Aviation facilities | Helicopter deck |
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