USS Cayuga (LST-1186)
Mattoso Maia on 7 January 2006
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History | |
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United States | |
Name | Cayuga |
Namesake | Cayuga |
Ordered | 15 July 1966 |
Builder | National Steel & Shipbuilding, San Diego |
Laid down | 28 September 1968 |
Launched | 12 July 1969 |
Sponsored by | Mrs. Luther C. Heinz |
Commissioned | 8 August 1970 |
Decommissioned | 26 August 1994 |
Stricken | 23 July 2002 |
Honors and awards | 2 x battle star |
Fate | Transferred to Brazil, 24 January 2001 |
Brazil | |
Name | Mattoso Maia |
Namesake | Admiral Jorge do Paço Matoso Maia |
Commissioned | 3 November 1994[1] |
Decommissioned | 31 October 2023[2] |
Identification |
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Nickname(s) | O Rhino da Esquadra ("The fleet's Rhino")[1] |
Status | Decommissioned |
General characteristics as built | |
Class and type | tank landing ship |
Displacement | |
Length | |
Beam | 69 ft 6 in (21.2 m) |
Draft | 17 ft 6 in (5.3 m) max |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 22 knots (41 km/h; 25 mph) max |
Range | 2,500 nmi (4,600 km; 2,900 mi) at 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph) |
Troops | 431 max |
Complement | 213 |
Sensors and processing systems |
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Armament | 2 × twin 3"/50 caliber guns |
Aviation facilities | Helicopter deck |
USS Cayuga (LST-1186) was a
Design and description
Cayuga was a
The LST had a displacement of 4,793 long tons (4,870 t) when light and 8,342 long tons (8,476 t) at full load. Cayuga was 522 feet 4 inches (159.2 m) long overall and 562 ft (171.3 m) over the derrick arms which protruded past the bow.[4][5] The vessel had a beam of 69 ft 6 in (21.2 m), a draft forward of 11 ft 5 in (3.5 m) and 17 ft 5 in (5.3 m) at the stern at full load.[6]
Cayuga was fitted with six
The Newport class were larger and faster than previous LSTs and were able to transport tanks, heavy vehicles and engineer groups and supplies that were too large for helicopters or smaller landing craft to carry.[8] The LSTs have a ramp forward of the superstructure that connects the lower tank deck with the main deck and a passage large enough to allow access to the parking area amidships. The vessels are also equipped with a stern gate to allow the unloading of amphibious vehicles directly into the water or to unload onto a utility landing craft (LCU) or pier. At either end of the tank deck there is a 30 ft (9.1 m) turntable that permits vehicles to turn around without having to reverse.[3][4] The Newport class has the capacity for 500 long tons (510 t) of vehicles, 19,000 sq ft (1,800 m2) of cargo area and could carry up to 431 troops.[3][9] The vessels also have davits for four vehicle and personnel landing craft (LCVPs) and could carry four pontoon causeway sections along the sides of the hull.[4][5]
Cayuga was initially armed with four Mark 33
Construction and career
The ship was ordered as part of the
In May 1972, Cayuga,
Cayuga and Amphibious Squadron 5 (
Cayuga was decommissioned 26 August 1994 and leased to the Brazilian Navy. The vessel was recommissioned into the Brazilian Navy on 30 August and renamed NDCC Mattoso Maia (G 28), for Admiral Jorge do Paço Mattoso Maia, Minister of the Navy 1958–1961.[11][17][b] On 19 September 2000 the ship was purchased outright by Brazil.[17] On 23 July 2002, Cayuga was struck from the United States Naval Vessel Register.[11]
The vessel took part in several exercises across her Brazilian Navy service, as well as sealift missions in support of the
In 2006, after taking part in the exercises ASPIRANTEX-06 and TROPICALEX-I/06, Mattoso Maia was selected on 17 May for operation HAITI III along with
In 23 February 2012 a small-scale fire occurred in the vessel's gym, with the crew bringing the incident under control in around 30 minutes.[1] The ship was decommissioned on 31 October 2023.[2]
Notes
- ^ PHIBRON 5 was composed of Cayuga, USS Durham, USS Fort McHenry, USS Ogden and USS Okinawa.[15]
- ^ The spelling "Mattoso" was normal at the time though, after spelling reforms, "Matoso" is now more usual for the former minister; the spelling of the ship's name remains unchanged.[18]
Citations
- ^ a b c d e f "NDCC Mattoso Maia - G 28" (in Portuguese). Poder Naval. Retrieved 15 April 2023.
- ^ a b "Marinha dá baixa no Navio de Desembarque de Carros de Combate (NDCC) Mattoso Maia – G28" (in Portuguese). Poder Naval. Retrieved 4 November 2023.
- ^ a b c Blackman 1972, p. 504.
- ^ a b c d Gardiner, Chumbley & Budzbon 1995, p. 621.
- ^ a b c d e Couhat 1986, pp. 655–666.
- ^ Moore 1975, p. 486.
- ^ Moore 1976, p. 614.
- ^ a b c Moore 1974, p. 467.
- ^ Moore 1978, p. 690.
- ^ Sharpe 1990, p. 761.
- ^ a b c Naval Vessel Register
- ^ DANFS.
- ^ Melson 1991, pp. 98–100.
- ^ Brown 2000, pp. 11, 15, 44.
- ^ Brown 2000, p. 11.
- ^ Brown 2000, p. 55.
- ^ a b Saunders 2004, p. 71.
- ^ "USS Cayuga". NavSource. NavSource Naval History. Retrieved 16 February 2016.
References
- Blackman, Raymond V. B., ed. (1972). Jane's Fighting Ships 1972–73. London: Sampson Low, Marston & Company. OCLC 28197951.
- Brown, Ronald J., ed. (2000). U. S. Marines in the Persian Gulf, 1990–1991: With Marine Forces Afloat in Desert Shield and Desert Storm. Washington, D.C.: History and Museums Division, Headquarters, U.S. Marine Corps. p. 11. ISBN 978-0-7881-8563-2.
- Couhat, Jean Labayle, ed. (1986). Combat Fleets of the World 1986/87. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 0-85368-860-5.
- "Cayuga (LST-1186)". Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. Navy Department, Naval History and Heritage Command. Retrieved 8 February 2020.
- Gardiner, Robert; Chumbley, Stephen & Budzbon, Przemysław, eds. (1995). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1947–1995. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 1-55750-132-7.
- Melson, Charles D. (1991). U.S. Marines in Vietnam: The War That Would Not End (PDF). Washington, D.C.: History and Museums Division, Headquarters, U.S. Marine Corps. ISBN 978-0-16-035971-2.
- Moore, John, ed. (1974). Jane's Fighting Ships 1974–75 (77th ed.). New York: Franklin Watts Incorporated. ISBN 0-531-02743-0.
- Moore, John, ed. (1975). Jane's Fighting Ships 1975–76 (78th ed.). New York: Franklin Watts Incorporated. ISBN 0-531-03251-5.
- Moore, John, ed. (1976). Jane's Fighting Ships 1976–77 (79th ed.). New York: Franklin Watts Incorporated. ISBN 0-531-03261-2.
- Moore, John, ed. (1978). Jane's Fighting Ships 1978–79 (81st ed.). New York: Franklin Watts Incorporated. ISBN 0-531-03297-3.
- This article includes information collected from the Naval Vessel Register, which, as a U.S. government publication, is in the public domain. The entry can be found here.
- Sharpe, Richard, ed. (1990). Jane's Fighting Ships 1990–91 (93 ed.). Surrey, United Kingdom: Jane's Information Group. ISBN 0-7106-0904-3.
- Saunders, Stephen, ed. (2004). Jane's Fighting Ships 2004–2005 (107 ed.). Alexandria, Virginia: Jane's Information Group Inc. ISBN 0-7106-2623-1.