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USS Manitowoc (LST 1180)

- decommissioned -

USS MANITOWOC was the second ship in the NEWPORT - class of Tank Landing Ships. After more than 23 years of service, USS MANITOWOC was decommissioned in 1993 and sold to Taiwan about 4 years later where the ship was renamed CHUNGHO.

USS MANITOWOC was last homeported in Little Creek, Va.

General Characteristics:Awarded: December 29, 1965
Keel laid: February 27, 1967
Launched: January 4, 1969
Commissioned: January 24, 1970
Decommissioned: June 30, 1993
Builder: Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, Philadelphia, Penn.
Propulsion system: 6 diesels; 16,000 horsepower; bow thruster
Propellers: two and one bow thruster screw
Length: 522 feet (159 meters)
Length over derrick arms: 561 feet (171 meters)
Beam: 70 feet (21.2 meters)
Draft: 17,4 feet (5.3 meters)
Displacement: approx. 8500 tons
Speed: 20 knots
Aircraft: helicopter platform only
Armament: one 20mm Phalanx CIWS, 4 3-inch/.50-caliber guns
Crew: 14 officers, 210 enlisted and approx. 350 embarked troops


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Crew List:

This section contains the names of sailors who served aboard USS MANITOWOC. It is no official listing but contains the names of sailors who submitted their information.


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USS MANITOWOC Cruise Books:


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Accidents aboard USS MANITOWOC:

DateWhereEvents
March 11, 1973Little Creek, Va.USS MANITOWOC experiences a brief fire in a pump room while in port at Little Creek , Va. There are no injuries.


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