Landing Ship Dock Class of Ships...

Number	Name	Additional Information
LSD-1	USS Ashland	Name used again for LSD-48
LSD-2	USS Belle Grove
LSD-3	USS Carter Hall	Name used again for LSD-50
LSD-4	USS Epping Forest
LSD-5	USS Gunston Hall	Name used again for LSD-44
LSD-6	USS Lindenwald
LSD-7	USS Oak Hill
LSD-8	USS White Marsh	Taiwan Navy
LSD-9	HMS Battle Axe	England
LSD-10	HMS Claymore	England
LSD-11	HMS Cutlass	England
LSD-12	HMS Dagger	England
LSD-13	USS Casa Grande
LSD-14	USS Rushmore	Name used again for LSD-47
LSD-15	USS Shadwell	In Mobile AL, used for fire fighting Download the history of the USS Shadwell (PDF)
LSD-16	USS Cabildo
LSD-17	USS Catamount
LSD-18	USS Colonial
LSD-19	USS Comstock	Same name as LSD-45
LSD-20	USS Donner
LSD-21	USS Fort Mandan	Greek Navy - LSD-21 update recieved on 2/20/00 The following information was received from a Greek sailor serving onboard the Fort Mandan: Regretfully I announce you the decommisioning of HNS (Hellenic Navy Ship) NAFKRATOUSSA, LSD of the Cabildo Class, on the end of February 2000. I cannot recall right now what the ship's name originally was, Ill look in my books, but it was built in 1945, and until today on active duty. After having completed nearly 50 years of service life, the ship was the last 2 years in a desolate condition with no spare parts for most of its devices and corrosion as much as 2/3 of wall thickness. The ship is to be stored either in Salamis or Crete naval stations and sold as scrap later on.
LSD-22	USS Fort Marion	Taiwan Navy
LSD-23	USS Fort Snelling	Laid down as Fort Snelling (LSD-23), 8 November 1944 at Gulf Shipbuilding Corp., Chickasaw, AL. Contract canceled (date unknown) Completed in 1956 as SS Carib Queen Acquired by the US Navy and assigned to the Military Sea Transportation Service (MSTS) Classified as a Cargo Ship and placed in service, 15 January 1959, as USNS Taurus (T-AK-273)Reclassified as a Landing Ship Vehicle (T-LSV-8), 1 January 1963 Placed out of service in September 1968 at Yokosuka Japan Custody transferred to MARAD, 25 June 1969 for disposal Final Disposition, sold for scrapping, 25 June 1969 to Union Minerals and Alloys Corp., New York NY., 25 June 1969 Struck from the Naval Register, 22 June 1971
LSD-24	USS Point Defiance / Hilton Head	Originally Hilton Head but renamed Point Defiance 30 December 1944, LSD-24 was laid down 28 May 1945 by Gulf Shipbuilding Corp., Chickasaw, Ala. After Japan capitulated the Navy canceled the contract for her construction 17 August 1945, but she was launched under private auspices 21 October 1945
LSD-25	USS San Marcos
LSD-26	USS Tortuga	Name used again for LSD-46
LSD-27	USS Whetstone
	Thomaston Class
LSD-28	USS Thomaston	In Suisun Bay CA Reserve Fleet.
LSD-29	USS Plymouth Rock
LSD-30	USS Fort Snelling
LSD-31	USS Point Defiance	In Suisun Bay CA Reserve Fleet. - Crew List
LSD-32	USS Spiegel Grove
LSD-33	USS Alamo	Brazilian Navy
LSD-34	USS Hermitage	Brazilian Navy ; Cruise Book 1963
LSD-35	USS Monticello	In Suisun Bay CA Reserve Fleet.
	Anchorage Class
LSD-36	USS Anchorage
LSD-37	USS Portland
LSD-38	USS Pensacola	Taiwan Navy
LSD-39	USS Mount Vernon
LSD-40	USS Fort Fisher	In Suisun Bay, CA Reserve Fleet.
	Whidbey Class
LSD-41	USS Whidbey Island
LSD-42	USS Germantown
LSD-43	USS Fort McHenry
LSD-44	USS Gunston Hall	Same name as LSD-5
LSD-45	USS Comstock	Same name as LSD-19
LSD-46	USS Tortuga	Same name as LSD-26
LSD-47	USS Rushmore	Same name as LSD-14
LSD-48	USS Ashland	Same name as LSD-1
	Harpers-ferry Class
LSD-49	USS Harpers Ferry
LSD-50	USS Carter Hall	Same name as LSD-3
LSD-51	USS Oak Hill
LSD-52	USS Pearl Harbor

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