USS Cabildo
Cabildo, early 1950s, before addition of flight deck
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History | |
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United States | |
Name | USS Cabildo |
Namesake | The Cabildo in New Orleans, Louisiana |
Awarded | 1 July 1943 |
Builder | Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Co., Newport News, Virginia |
Laid down | 24 July 1944 |
Launched | 22 December 1944 |
Commissioned | 15 March 1945 |
Decommissioned | 31 March 1970 |
Stricken | 15 October 1976 |
Honors and awards |
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Fate | Sunk as a target, September 1985 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Casa Grande-class dock landing ship |
Displacement |
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Length | 457 ft 9 in (139.52 m) |
Beam | 72 ft (22 m) |
Draft | 18 ft (5.5 m) |
Propulsion | 2 steam turbines, 2 shafts |
Speed | 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph) |
Boats & landing craft carried | 3 LCTs in 392 ft (119 m) × 44 ft (13 m) Well deck |
Troops | Accommodation for 240 combat troops |
Complement | 326 |
Armament |
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Aviation facilities | 1 helicopter landing pad |
USS Cabildo (LSD-16) was a
Cabildo was laid down on 24 July 1944 by
Service history
World War II, 1945–1947
Cabildo sailed from
Korea, 1950–1952
Recommissioned at
1952–1960
Returning to San Diego on 2 September 1952, Cabildo prepared for another extended Far Eastern deployment from 3 July 1953 to 23 April 1954. In 1955 she was fitted with mezzanine and
1963-1965
In the spring of 1963, the ship sailed back to the West Coast and her home port of Long Beach via the Panama Canal after serving as part of the Navy's Cuban Missile Blockade. In the fall of 1963, she was deployed to Asia and visited Pearl Harbor, Subic Bay and Japan. During this period she made six trips to Okinawa and also sailed to Guam and the Kwajalein Atoll. During her Asian tour of duty she was in a collision at sea when most of the Electronic Parts Storeroom was lost as it spilled into the ocean.
In April 1964 she headed back to her home port of Long Beach. Several months later she went into dry dock for upgrades and spent 6 months in Portland Oregon.
During this time period, the ship had visited every major city and port on the West Coast of America's mainland.
In 1965, she and the USS Galveston were available for naval gunfire support and 3rd Battalion, 12th Marines in Van Tuong which was the artillery unit in direct support. USS Vernon County embarked elements of the 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marines (Battalion Landing Team) (BLT) 3, under Lieutenant Colonel Joseph E. Muir, USMC, at Chu Lai, and sailed south along the coast to An Thuong, where she put the troops ashore in phase one of Operation Starlite.
Decommissioning and disposal
Cabildo was decommissioned on 31 March 1970 at
Cabildo received two
References
This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.
External links
- nvr.navy.mil: USS Cabildo
- Photo gallery of USS Cabildo at NavSource Naval History
- hazegray.org: USS Cabildo
- USS Cabildo (LSD-16) Association Homepage