Newport class tank landing ship

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General characteristics
Image:Newport.07.jpg USS Newport (LST-1179), first of her Class
Displacement:	approx. 4,793 tons light loaded, 8,500 tons fully loaded
Length:	522 ft (159 m)
Beam:	70 ft (21 m)
Draft:	17.4 ft (5.3 m)
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 (37+ km/h) 27 knots (50 km/h) confirmed in 1991.
Range:
Complement:	Navy - 14 officers, 210 enlisted; Marines - approximately 400 including officers and enlisted, when embarked

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 (34 m) 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.

1 List of ships
2 Image gallery
3 See also
4 External links

[edit] List of ships

(LST-1179) USS Newport, now "Papaloapan" (ARM A-411) - Mexican Navy
(LST-1180) USS Manitowoc,now "ChongHe" (LST-232) - Republic of China Navy
(LST-1181) USS Sumter,now "ChongPing" (LST-233) - Republic of China Navy
(LST-1182) USS Fresno
(LST-1183) USS Peoria
(LST-1184) USS Frederick, now Usumacinta (ARM A-412) - Mexican Navy
(LST-1185) USS Schenectady
(LST-1186) USS Cayuga, now NDCC Mattoso Maia (G-28)- Brazilian Navy
(LST-1187) USS Tuscaloosa
(LST-1188) USS Saginaw, now HMAS Kanimbla - Royal Australian Navy
(LST-1189) USS San Bernardinonow LST 93 "Valdivia"- Chilean Navy
(LST-1190) USS Boulder
(LST-1191) USS Racine
(LST-1192) USS Spartanburg County, now KD Sri Indera Pura (A1505) - Royal Malaysian Navy
(LST-1193) USS Fairfax County, now HMAS Manoora - Royal Australian Navy
(LST-1194) USS La Moure County
(LST-1195) USS Barbour County
(LST-1196) USS Harlan County, now L-42 Pizarro - Spanish Navy
(LST-1197) USS Barnstable County, now L-41 Hernán Cortés - Spanish Navy
(LST-1198) USS Bristol County, now 407 Sidi Mohammed Ben Abdallah, - Moroccan Navy