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USS Alamo (LSD-33) off Vietnam in July 1966
History
USS AlamoUnited States
NameUSS Alamo
Namesakethe Alamo
Awarded18 March 1954
BuilderIngalls Shipbuilding, Pascagoula, Mississippi
Laid down11 October 1954
Launched20 January 1956
Commissioned24 August 1956
Decommissioned28 September 1990
Stricken24 January 2001
FateLoaned to Brazil, 12 November 1990
USS AlamoBrazil
NameRio de Janeiro (G31)
Acquired12 November 1990
Decommissioned15 June 2012
FateScrapped in Alang India 2015
General characteristics
Class and typeThomaston-class dock landing ship
Displacement
  • 8,899 long tons (9,042 t) light
  • 11,525 long tons (11,710 t) full load
Length510 ft (160 m)
Beam84 ft (26 m)
Draft19 ft (5.8 m)
Propulsion2 steam turbines, 2 shafts, 23,000 shp (17 MW)
Speed21 knots (39 km/h)
Boats & landing
craft carried
21 × LCM-6 landing craft in well deck
Troops300
Complement304
Armament
  • 4 × twin 3"/50 caliber guns
  • 6 × twin 20 mm AA guns
Aircraft carried8 helicopters

USS Alamo (LSD-33) was a Thomaston-class dock landing ship of the United States Navy. She was named for the Alamo, site of the 1836 Battle of the Alamo.

Alamo was laid down on 11 October 1954 at Pascagoula, Mississippi, by the Ingalls Shipbuilding Corp.; launched on 20 January 1956; sponsored by Mrs. Daniel V. Gallery, the wife of Rear Admiral Daniel V. Gallery: and commissioned on 24 August 1956.

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