Sold for Scrapping 28 July 2011 to All Star Metals, Brownsville, Tx
General characteristics
Class and type
Thomaston-class dock landing ship
Displacement
8,899 long tons (9,042 t) light
11,525 long tons (11,710 t) full load
Length
510 ft (160 m)
Beam
84 ft (26 m)
Draft
19 ft (5.8 m)
Propulsion
2 × steam turbines, 2 shafts, 23,000 shp (17 MW)
Speed
21 knots (39 km/h; 24 mph)
Boats & landing craft carried
21 × LCM-6 landing craft in well deck
Troops
300
Complement
304
Armament
8 × twin 3 in (76 mm)/50 cal guns when launched
6 × twin 20 mm AA guns were planned but never installed
Aircraft carried
One helicopter
Aviation facilities
Helicopter landing area usually of wood construction; no hangar
USS Thomaston (LSD-28) was the lead ship of her class of dock landing ship of the United States Navy. She was named for Thomaston, Maine, the home of General Henry Knox, the first Secretary of War to serve under the United States Constitution.
Thomaston (LSD-28) was laid down on 3 March 1953 at Pascagoula, Mississippi, by the Ingalls Shipbuilding Corp.; launched on 9 February 1954, sponsored by Mrs. Mathias B. Gardner; and commissioned on 17 September 1954.
USSThomaston (LSD-28) was the lead ship of her class of dock landing ship of the United States Navy. She was named for Thomaston, Maine, the home of...
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1942; decommissioned, 1946; returned to Italy in 1947 USS Monticello (LSD-35), was a Thomaston-class dock landing ship commissioned in 1957 and decommissioned...
commissioned in U.S. Navy, 1942; returned to Italy in 1947. USS Hermitage (LSD-34), a Thomaston-class dock landing ship launched in 1956; transferred to...
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USS Spiegel Grove (LSD-32) was a Thomaston-class dock landing ship of the United States Navy. She was named for Spiegel Grove, the home and estate in Fremont...
USS Plymouth Rock (LSD-29) was a Thomaston-class dock landing ship of the United States Navy, named for Plymouth Rock, the legendary landing site of the...
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...
construct LSD-41, first of a new Dock Landing Ship class to replace the aging Thomaston-class LSDs. At the 4 August 1981 keel laying ceremony, the Honorable John...
utilizing LCMs embarked in the ship's well deck. Ultimately, on 16 March, USSThomaston relieved Whetstone as an element of the ARG, releasing the latter for...
USS Point Defiance (LSD-31) was a Thomaston-class dock landing ship of the United States Navy. She was named for Point Defiance, a location in Pierce...
Montpelier, the general Henry Knox mansion, housing the Knox Museum, in Thomaston, Maine Montpelier, Maryland Montpelier (Clear Spring, Maryland), a historic...
Reeves, born in Thomaston, Connecticut, December 9, 1895, was a US Navy radioman who became the namesake of the destroyer escort USS Reeves. Reeves was...
amphibious exercises with marines from Camp Pendleton and, in June, joined the Thomaston (LSD-28) for another one. In July and August, the crises which broke out...
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