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USS Windham County (LST-1170) off South Vietnam, ca. 1966
History
United States
Name
USS Windham County
Namesake
Windham County in Connecticut and Windham County in Vermont
Builder
Christy Corporation, Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin
Laid down
21 April 1953
Launched
22 May 1954
Commissioned
15 December 1954
Decommissioned
1 June 1973
Renamed
USS Windham County 1 July 1955 (previously was USS LST-1170)
Stricken
6 August 1989
Honors and awards
3 Navy Unit Commendations, 3 Meritorious Unit Commendations, and 13 battle stars for Vietnam War service
Fate
Transferred to Turkey 1973
Became Turkish training ship TCG Ertugrul (L-401)
Notes
In commissioned service as USS LST-1170 1954–1955 and as USS Windham County (LST-1170) 1955–1973
Turkey
Name
TCG Ertugrul (L 401)
Acquired
1 June 1973
Out of service
3 March 2017
General characteristics
Class and type
LST-1156-(Terrebonne Parish-) class landing ship tank
Displacement
2,590 tons (light); 5,800 tons (full)
Length
384 ft (117 m)
Beam
55 ft (17 m)
Draft
17 ft (5.2 m)
Installed power
6,000 shp (4.48 MW)
Propulsion
Four General Motors 16-278A diesel engines, two controllable-pitch propellers
Speed
14 knots
Boats & landing craft carried
3 x landing craft, vehicle, personnel LCVPs, 1 x landing craft personnel (large) LCPL
Troops
395 (15 officers, 380 enlisted men)
Complement
205 (16 officers, 189 enlisted men)
Armor
3 × twin 3 in (76 mm) dual-purpose gun mounts
5 × single 20 mm antiaircraft gun mounts
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