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USS Spartanburg County (LST-1192)
Overview
United States Navy
The United States Navy is the naval warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the seven uniformed services of the United States. The U.S. Navy is the largest in the world; its battle fleet tonnage is greater than that of the next 13 largest navies combined. The U.S...
Newport class
Newport class tank landing ship
Newport-class tank-landing ships are an improved class of American tank-landing ship , intended to provide substantial advantages over their World War II-era predecessors...
tank landing ship.
Spartanburg County (LST-1192) (q.v.) was named after a county in South Carolina. She was laid down on February 7, 1970 at San Diego, California
San Diego, California
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, by the National Steel and Shipbuilding Company
National Steel and Shipbuilding Company
National Steel and Shipbuilding Company, commonly referred to as NASSCO, is a shipyard in San Diego, California and Norfolk, Virginia and a division of General Dynamics. The shipyard specializes in constructing commercial cargo ships and auxiliary vessels for the US Navy and Military Sealift...
; launched on November 7, 1970; sponsored by Mrs. Neville Holcombe; and commissioned on 1 September, 1971, Comdr. P. R. Royse in command.
Following commissioning, Spartanburg County transited the Panama Canal to her new home port, Little Creek, Virginia, where she was assigned to the Amphibious Force, Atlantic Fleet
United States Fleet Forces Command
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