Ashland 1943
Casa Grande 1963 with additional decks
Gunston Hall 1963
Casa Grande 1970
| No | Name | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comm | Fate |
| Ashland subclass | |||||||
| LSD1 | Ashland | 232 | Moore, Oakland | 6/1942 | 21.12.1942 | 6.1943 | stricken 11.1969 |
| LSD2 | Belle Grove | 233 | Moore, Oakland | 10.1942 | 17.2.1943 | 8.1943 | stricken 11.1969 |
| LSD3 | Carter Hall | 234 | Moore, Oakland | 10.1942 | 4.3.1943 | 9.1943 | stricken 10.1969 |
| LSD4, 11.1962- MCS7 | Epping Forest | 235 | Moore, Oakland | 11.1942 | 2.4.1943 | 10.1943 | minecraft support ship 11.1962, stricken 11.1968 |
| LSD5, 3.1949- LSD5(A) | Gunston Hall | 236 | Moore, Oakland | 1942 | 1.5.1943 | 11.1943 | to Argentina 5.1970 (Candido de Lasala) |
| LSD6 | Lindenwald | 237 | Moore, Oakland | 2.1943 | 11.6.1943 | 12.1943 | stricken 12.1967 |
| LSD7 | Oak Hill | 238 | Moore, Oakland | 3.1943 | 25.6.1943 | 1.1944 | stricken 10.1969 |
| LSD8, 9.1956- T-LSD8 | White Marsh | 239 | Moore, Oakland | 4.1943 | 19.7.1943 | 1.1944 | to Taiwan 11.1960 (東海 [Dong Hai]) |
| Casa Grande subclass | |||||||
| LSD13 | Casa Grande (ex-Portway, ex-Spear) | 405 | Newport News | 11.1943 | 11.4.1944 | 6.1944 | stricken 10.1976 |
| LSD14 | Rushmore (ex-Swashway, ex-Sword) | 406 | Newport News | 12.1943 | 14.5.1944 | 7.1944 | stricken 11.1976 |
| LSD15 | Shadwell (ex-Waterway, ex-Tomahawk) | 407 | Newport News | 1.1944 | 24.5.1944 | 7.1944 | stricken 11.1976 |
| LSD16 | Cabildo | 448 | Newport News | 7.1944 | 22.12.1944 | 3.1945 | stricken 10.1976 |
| LSD17 | Catamount | 449 | Newport News | 8.1944 | 27.1.1945 | 4.1945 | stricken 10.1976 |
| LSD18 | Colonial | 450 | Newport News | 8.1944 | 28.2.1945 | 5.1945 | stricken 10.1976 |
| LSD19 | Comstock | 451 | Newport News | 1.1945 | 28.4.1945 | 7.1945 | stricken 6.1976, to Taiwan (中正 [Chung Cheng]) |
| LSD20 | Donner | Boston N Yd, Charlestown | 12.1944 | 1.4.1945 | 7.1945 | stricken 11.1976 | |
| LSD21 | Fort Mandan | Boston N Yd, Charlestown | 3.1944 | 2.6.1945 | 10.1945 | to Greece 1.1971 (Ναυκρατούσα [Nafkratousa]) | |
| LSD22 | Fort Marion | Gulf SB, Chickasaw | 1944 | 22.5.1945 | 1.1946 | stricken 10.1974, to Taiwan (鎮海 [Zhen Hai]) | |
| T-LSV8 (ex-LSD23) | Taurus (ex-Carib Queen, ex-Fort Snelling) | Gulf SB, Chickasaw | 11.1944 | 8.1945 | 1956 // 1.1963 | completed mercantile, cargo ship T-AK273 Taurus 1.1959, landing ship vehicle 1.1963, for disposal 6.1969 | |
| LSD24 | Point Defiance | Gulf SB, Chickasaw | 1944 | 28.5.1945 | 10.1945 // --- | completed mercantile | |
| LSD25 | San Marcos | Philadelphia N Yd | 9.1944 | 10.1.1945 | 4.1945 | to Spain 7.1971 (Galicia) | |
| LSD26 | Tortuga | Boston N Yd, Charlestown | 10.1944 | 21.1.1945 | 6.1945 | stricken 10.1976 | |
| LSD27 | Wheatstone | Boston N Yd, Charlestown | 4.1945 | 18.7.1945 | 2.1946 | stricken 9.1971 | |
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Displacement standard, t |
4490 |
|
Displacement full, t |
9375 |
|
Length, m |
138.4 wl 139.5 oa |
|
Breadth, m |
22.0 |
|
Draught, m |
4.83 |
|
No of shafts |
2 |
|
Machinery |
LSD1 - 8: 2 Skinner Uniflow QuiPE, 2 Babcock & Wilcox boilers LSD13 - 27: 2 sets Skinner geared steam turbines, 2 Babcock & Wilcox boilers |
|
Power, h. p. |
LSD1 - 8: 7400 LSD13 - 21, 25 - 27: 7000 LSD22 - 24: 9000 |
|
Max speed, kts |
LSD1 - 8, 13 - 21, 25 - 27: 15.4 LSD22 - 24: 15.6 |
|
Fuel, t |
oil 1770 |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | 7400 (15) |
|
Armament |
1 x 1 - 127/38 Mk12, 2 x 4 - 40/56 Mk 1.2, 2 x 2 - 40/56 Mk 1.2, 16 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 4 |
| Military load | 3 LCT(5) or 3 LCT(6) or 2 LCT(3) or 2 LCT(4) or 14 LCM(3) or 1450 t of cargo or 41 LVT or 47 DUKW (up to 92 LVT or 108 DUKW if additional decks are installed), 332 marines |
|
Electronic equipment |
presumably SF or SG or SL or SU radar |
|
Complement |
254 |
Project history: One of the most unusual landing ships of the Second World War. They were designed under the technical project developed by British Admiralty. In aft part of hull flooded dock chamber was arranged in which took places 2-3 LCT landing crafts with tanks or up to 14 LCM with a landing party. In the sea dock chamber was dryed, in place of disembarkation ship received water ballast into special tanks, and draught aft increased on some metres, dock chamber was filled by water, and landing crafts went out it under own engines, following to a disembarkation place. In total it has been ordered 27 ships-docks, 4 were transferred to RN by lend-lease.
Modernizations:
None.1/1946, all: 1 x 1 - 127/38 Mk 30, 2 x 4 - 40/60 Mk 2, 2 x 2 - 40/60 Mk 1, 16 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 10, SF or SG or SL or SU radar
Naval service: Shadwell 24.1.1945 was damaged by Japanese air torpedo in Philippines area. Fort Snelling was cancelled in 1945 and completed as mercantile vessel Carib Queen. Later she was acquired by the Navy and used as MSTS cargo vessel Taurus. From 1963 she was classified as landing ship (T-LSV8).
San Marcos 1945
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