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Specifications
| Class: | Newport LST 1179 Tank Landing Ship |
| Builder: | Naval Shipyard, Philadelphia, PA |
| Award Date: | 29 December 1965 |
| Keel Date: | 14 November 1967 |
| Launch Date: | 13 December 1969 |
| Commission Date: | 20 June 1970 |
| Delivery Date | 01 August 1970 |
| Decommission Date: | 30 September 1993 |
| Stricken Date: | 23 July 2002 |
| Years from Commission to Decommission: | 23.3 |
| Age (since delivery) (At time of disposal): | 30.1 years |
| Age (since launch)(At time of disposal): | 30.8 years |
| Overall Length: | 522 ft, 3 inches |
| Waterline Length: | 500 ft |
| Extreme Beam: | 69 ft 9½ inches |
| Waterline Beam: | 69 ft 9½ inches |
| Maximum Draft Forward: | 13 ft 6 inches |
| Maximum Draft Aft: | 16 ft 3 inches |
| Light Displacement: | 5190 tons |
| Full Displacement: | 8550 tons |
| Dead Weight: | 3603 tons |
| Hull Material: | Steel hull, aluminum superstructure |
| Propulsion Type: | 16 cylinder EMD 645 E-5 propulsion diesel engines |
| Number of Engines: | 6, 3 per shaft |
| Number of Propulsion Shafts: | 2 with controllable reversible pitch propellers |
| Shaft Horsepower | 8000 per shaft |
| Steering | Twin Rudders and one 800 hp variable thrust Bowthruster mounted perpendicular |
| Top Speed | 20kts |
| Electrical Generation | 3 - EMD 12 Cylinder 645 E-2 Generator sets, 1200 KW |
| Armament as built | 2 - twin 3"/50 gun mounts |
| Armament Upgraded | 2 - .25mm chain guns |
| 6 - .50 cal machine guns | |
| 1 - 20mm Phalanx (CIWS) | |
| Aircraft Capability | One Flight Deck for Helicopter OPS |
| Boats | 2 - 36' LCPL |
| Compliment | 14 Officers |
| 15 CPOs | |
| 226 Enlisted | |
| Troop Capacity | 18 Officers |
| 21 NCOs | |
| 268 Enlisted |
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