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Displacement 

  • 4,032 (light draft)

  • 7,930 (seagoing - loaded) 

Length 457' 9" o.a. 
Beam 72"

Draft

  • 8' 2 ½" fwd, 10' ½" aft (light draft)

  • 15' 5 ½" fwd, 16' 2" aft (seagoing loaded)

Speed 17 kts (design speed)

Endurance 8,000 miles @ 15 knots

 

Complement 

  • Officers 17

  • Enlisted 237

 

Troop Accommodations

  • Officers 22

  • Enlisted 218

 

Well Deck Capacity (varies with mission)

  • three LCT (Mk V or VI) each w/ 5 medium tanks or

  • two LCT (Mk III or IV) each w/ 12 medium tanks or

  • fourteen LCM (Mk III) each w/ 1 medium tank or 1, 500 long tons cargo or

  • forty-seven DUKW or

  • forty-one LVT or

  • Any combination of landing vehicles and landing craft up to capacity

Armament

  • one single 5"/38 cal dual purpose gun mount in open tub (w/director)

  • two quad 40mm AA gun mounts (w/directors)

  • two twin 40mm AA gun mounts (w/directors)

  • sixteen single 20mm AA gun mounts (local control)

 

Fuel Capacities

  • NSFO 11,720 Bbls

  • Diesel 160 Bbls

  • Gasoline 5,085 Gals

 

Propulsion

  • two Newport News Shipbuilding steam turbines

  • two Babcock and Wilcox oil fired D-type boilers, two drum, single furnace, single uptake, 250psi

  • single Newport News Shipbuilding Main Reduction Gears

  • two turbo-drive 300Kw 120V/240V D.C. Ship' Service Generators

  • twin propellers, 7,000shp

Aircraft (LSDs 1-25 still in commission in late 40's or early 50's) were fitted/retro-fitted with a prefabricated steel grated "Portable Deck" suspended between the wing walls and supported by removable I-beam girders. The aft end of the portable deck contained a wooden helicopter platform, enabling the ship to land and launch one helicopter at a time. Stowage of helicopters consisted of enough space to store eight USMC Sikorsky UH-34 helicopters in the well deck forward of the "water barrier". Aircraft were lifted to the flight deck with 35 ton truck cranes. Aircraft servicing was limited to re-fueling. With portable deck and aircraft platform installed, the Landing Ship Dock was still capable of transporting, launching and repairing smaller amphibious craft and vehicles up to the size of a Landing Craft, Utility (LCU) in their well deck.                                                                                                                                    (Source: http://www.navsource.org/archives/10/12/1225.htm)

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