Newport class tank landing ship

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USS Newport (LST-1179), first of her Class
USS Newport (LST-1179), first of her Class
General Characteristics
Displacement: approx. 4793 tons light loaded,
8500 tons fully loaded
Length: 522 feet (159 m)
Beam: 70 feet (21.3 m)
Draft: 17.4 feet
Propulsion: 6 ALCO diesels (3 per shaft)
16,000 shaft horsepower;
800 hp GE bow thruster.
Electrical power: 3 ALCO/GE Generators (750 kW, 1201 A each)
Propellers: 2 Hydraulically Controlled Variable Pitch Reversible Props and 1 Variable Pitch Bow Thruster
Speed: 20+ knots
27 knots confirmed in 1991.
Range:
Complement: Navy - 14 officers, 210 enlisted;
Marines - approximately 400 including officers and enlisted, when embarked
The USS Frederick (LST-1184) with its bow ramp dropped to take on U.S. Marines and equipment.
The USS Frederick (LST-1184) with its bow ramp dropped to take on U.S. Marines and equipment.

Newport class tank landing ships are an improved class of American tank landing ship (LST), intended to provide substantial advantages over their World War II-era predecessors. Most of these vessels have been sold to foreign navies.

Twenty ships of the Newport tank landing ship class were built to replace the traditional bow door design LST.

The Newport class has higher speeds and trimmer lines than the LSTs of World War II. The vessels have two huge derricks used to extend and retract a bow ramp. That 110-foot ramp has a 75-ton capacity.

The Newport class is the first amphibious ship to be fitted with an internal side propulsion unit located below the waterline near the bow. The bow thruster allows the bow to be pushed from side to side while the stern remains nearly stationary.

This class of LST also has a stern gate. It allows them to load and launch amphibious assault vehicles, and permits sterngate marriages with Landing Craft Utility (LCU) units.

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