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USS SPARTANBURG COUNTY was the 14th NEWPORT - class Tank Landing Ship. Both decommissioned and stricken from the Navy list on December 16, 1994, the SPARTANBURG COUNTY was subsequently sold to Malaysia where she was recommissioned as SRI INDERAPURA.
General Characteristics: | Awarded: July 15, 1966 |
Keel laid: February 7, 1970 | |
Launched: November 7, 1970 | |
Commissioned: September 1, 1971 | |
Decommissioned: December 16, 1994 | |
Builder: National Steel and Shipbuilding Company, San Diego, Calif. | |
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 | |
Crew: 14 officers, 210 enlisted and approx. 350 embarked troops |
Crew List:
This section contains the names of sailors who served aboard USS SPARTANBURG COUNTY. It is no official listing but contains the names of sailors who submitted their information.
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