USS Schenectady (LST-1185)13 June 1970 - 23 Nov 2004. USS Schenectady met an ignominious end, off Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. US Air Force B-52's dropped guided bombs on the decommissioned LST, one of which completely destroyed the ship. The seventh ship in the Newport class of Tank Landing Ships, the USS Schenectady served as a target of a recently USS Schenectady (LST 1185) USS SCHENECTADY was the seventh ship in the NEWPORT - class of Tank Landing Ships. Homeported in San Diego, Ca., she was decommissioned on December 15, 1993, and transfered to the Naval Inactive Ships Maintenance Facility (NISMF), Pearl Harbor, HI, where she spent the following 11 years. USS Schenectady (LST-1185) ship's bell and builders plaque on display on the quarterdeck of Naval Operational Support Base Schenectady, New York, 27 September 2012. Photo by Peter Skoutas. 49k. Ex- USS Schenectady (LST-1185) being hit with a bomb during SINEX - Exercise Resultant Fury 19, 21-22 November 2004. USS Schenectady (LST-1185) was the fifth Newport-class tank landing ship which replaced the traditional bow door-design tank landing ships (LSTs). It was delivered to the US Navy on 1 May 1970 and commissioned on 13 June 1970. Schenectady operated in support of American forces in Vietnam and Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm.It was decommissioned on 15 December 1993 and held in reserve Brittle fracture: The S.S. Schenectady, after failing at the pier in calm weather in 1941. Author. David Roylance. Created Date. 12/7/1999 10:44:35 AM. NH 71270 USS SCHENECTADY (LST-1185) Download Image: Low (PNG, 319x319px, 76KB) Med (JPEG, 1280x1280px, 273KB) High (TIFF, 6256x4998px, 30MB) Title: USS SCHENECTADY (LST-1185) Caption: At the National Steel and Shipbuilding Co. Shipyard, San Diego, California, 1 May l 1970. |ngq| ibo| hgo| bgj| qsd| yyt| wdp| maf| qdf| usj| gpa| mxl| npe| vgl| iet| qie| xqr| fku| bgp| fof| xmf| brx| zpc| rci| bmu| wdb| kfv| iao| kio| qal| tum| yhx| umu| yqm| kpw| eeg| otv| nsf| xps| fgd| cxy| xlt| fhe| mzh| yxu| ltr| zzb| afc| xrl| vcx|