Landing Ship Dock Class of Ships...
| Number | Name | Additional Information |
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| LSD-1 | USS Ashland | Name used again for LSD-48 |
| LSD-2 | USS Belle Grove | |
| LSD-3 | USS Carter Hall | Name used again for LSD-50 |
| LSD-4 | USS Epping Forest | |
| LSD-5 | USS Gunston Hall | Name used again for LSD-44 |
| LSD-6 | USS Lindenwald | |
| LSD-7 | USS Oak Hill | |
| LSD-8 | USS White Marsh | Taiwan Navy |
| LSD-9 | HMS Battle Axe | England |
| LSD-10 | HMS Claymore | England |
| LSD-11 | HMS Cutlass | England |
| LSD-12 | HMS Dagger | England |
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| LSD-13 | USS Casa Grande | |
| LSD-14 | USS Rushmore | Name used again for LSD-47 |
| LSD-15 | USS Shadwell | In Mobile AL, used for fire fighting Download the history of the USS Shadwell (PDF) |
| LSD-16 | USS Cabildo | |
| LSD-17 | USS Catamount | |
| LSD-18 | USS Colonial | |
| LSD-19 | USS Comstock | Same name as LSD-45 |
| LSD-20 | USS Donner | |
| LSD-21 | USS Fort Mandan | Greek Navy - LSD-21 update recieved on 2/20/00 the following information was received from a Greek sailor serving onboard the Fort Mandan: Regretfully I announce you the decommisioning of HNS (Hellenic Navy Ship) NAFKRATOUSSA, LSD of the Cabildo Class, on the end of February 2000. I cannot recall right now what the ship's name originally was, Ill look in my books, but it was built in 1945, and until today on active duty. After having completed nearly 50 years of service life, the ship was the last 2 years in a desolate condition with no spare parts for most of its devices and corrosion as much as 2/3 of wall thickness. the ship is to be stored either in Salamis or Crete naval stations and sold as scrap later on. |
| LSD-22 | USS Fort Marion | Taiwan Navy |
| LSD-23 | USS Fort Snelling | Laid down as Fort Snelling (LSD-23), 8 November 1944 at Gulf Shipbuilding Corp., Chickasaw, AL. Contract canceled (date unknown) Completed in 1956 as SS Carib Queen Acquired by the US Navy and assigned to the Military Sea transportation Service (MSTS) Classified as a Cargo Ship and placed in service, 15 January 1959, as USNS Taurus (T-AK-273)Reclassified as a Landing Ship Vehicle (T-LSV-8), 1 January 1963 Placed out of service in September 1968 at Yokosuka Japan Custody transferred to MARAD, 25 June 1969 for disposal Final Disposition, sold for scrapping, 25 June 1969 to Union Minerals and Alloys Corp., New York NY., 25 June 1969 Struck from the Naval Register, 22 June 1971 |
| LSD-24 | USS Point Defiance / Hilton Head | Originally Hilton Head but renamed Point Defiance 30 December 1944, LSD-24 was laid down 28 May 1945 by Gulf Shipbuilding Corp., Chickasaw, Ala. After Japan capitulated the Navy canceled the contract for her construction 17 August 1945, but she was launched under private auspices 21 October 1945 |
| LSD-25 | USS San Marcos | |
| LSD-26 | USS Tortuga | Name used again for LSD-46 |
| LSD-27 | USS Whetstone | |
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| LSD-28 | USS Thomaston | Commissoned Sept. 17th, 1954 and decommissoned Sept. 5th 1984. Her name struck from the Naval Vessel Register 02 Feb. 1992. The Thomaston was sold 29 Sept. 1995 and later towed to Texas where it was scrapped. |
| LSD-29 | USS Plymouth Rock | Commissoned Nov. 29th, 1954 and decommissoned Sept. 30th, 1983 then scrapped. |
| LSD-30 | USS Fort Snelling | Commissoned Mar. 31st, 1955 and decommissoned Sept. 30th, 1983 then scrapped. |
| LSD-31 | USS Point Defiance | Commissoned Jan. 24th, 1955 and decommissoned Sept. 28th, 1984 then scrapped.
Click here to see the LSD-31 Crew List |
| LSD-32 | USS Spiegel Grove | June 10, 2002, the USS Spiegel was sunk as an atificial reef off of Key Largo, Florida. For details see Spiegelgrove.com |
| LSD-33 | USS Alamo | Commissoned Aug. 24th, 1956 and decommissoned Sept. 28th, 1990 then sold to Brazil as Rio de Janeiro (G31) and decommissioned on June 15, 2012 |
| LSD-34 | USS Hermitage | Commissoned Dec. 14th, 1956 and decommissoned Oct. 2nd, 1989 then sold to Brazil as Ceará (G30), in reserve
Click Here to see the 1963 Cruise Book |
| LSD-35 | USS Monticello | Commissoned Mar. 29th, 1957 and decommissoned Oct. 1st, 1985 then sunk as a target off of Kauai, Hawaii |
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Class |
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| LSD-36 | USS Anchorage | Sunk as a target |
| LSD-37 | USS Portland | |
| LSD-38 | USS Pensacola | Sold and transferred to the Republic of China, September 30th 1999 |
| LSD-39 | USS Mount Vernon | Decommissioned on July 25th 2003 and sunk as a target on June 16, 2005 |
| LSD-40 | USS Fort Fisher | Commissioned: December 9th 1972, Decommissioned February 27th 1998
On 30 September 2009, a contract to dismantle Fort Fisher was issued to International Shipbreaking Ltd. of Brownsville, Texas. Fort Fisher departed the Suisun Bay Reserve Fleet on 5 January 2010 under tow to Brownsville.[3] Fort Fisher co |
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Class |
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| LSD-41 | USS Whidbey Island | |
| LSD-42 | USS Germantown | |
| LSD-43 | USS Fort McHenry | |
| LSD-44 | USS Gunston Hall | Same name as LSD-5 |
| LSD-45 | USS Comstock | Same name as LSD-19 |
| LSD-46 | USS Tortuga | Same name as LSD-26 |
| LSD-47 | USS Rushmore | Same name as LSD-14 |
| LSD-48 | USS Ashland | Same name as LSD-1 |
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| LSD-49 | USS Harpers Ferry | |
| LSD-50 | USS Carter Hall | Same name as LSD-3 |
| LSD-51 | USS Oak Hill | |
| LSD-52 | USS Pearl Harbor |