USS La Moure County (LST-1194)
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USS La Moure County (LST-1194) was the sixteenth of twenty Newport-class tank landing ship of the United States Navy (USN) which replaced the traditional bow door-design tank landing ships (LSTs). The second vessel named after a county in North Dakota, the LST was constructed by National Steel and Shipbuilding Company of San Diego, California. The vessel was launched and was commissioned into the USN in 1971. La Moure County alternated deployments in the Caribbean Sea with those to the Mediterranean Sea. During the Gulf War, La Moure County transported elements of the 4th Marine Expeditionary Brigade to the Persian Gulf. In 2000, the LST was taking part in a training exercise off Chile when the vessel ran aground. Considered beyond repair, La Moure County was decommissioned that year and towed out to sea in 2001 and sunk as a target ship.
USS La Moure County (LST-1194) underway | |
History | |
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United States | |
Name | USS La Moure County |
Namesake | LaMoure County, North Dakota |
Builder | National Steel and Shipbuilding Company, San Diego, California |
Laid down | 22 May 1970 |
Launched | 13 February 1971 |
Commissioned | 18 December 1971 |
Decommissioned | 17 November 2000 |
Stricken | 17 November 2000 |
Identification | LST-1194 |
Fate | Sunk as a target, 10 July 2001 |
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 |