USS Fresno (LST-1182)
USS Fresno underway on 1 November 1983 | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United States | |
| Name | Fresno |
| Namesake | Fresno, California |
| Ordered | 15 July 1966 |
| Builder | National Steel and Shipbuilding Company, San Diego, California |
| Laid down | 16 December 1967 |
| Launched | 28 September 1968 |
| Commissioned | 22 November 1969 |
| Decommissioned | 8 April 1993 |
| Identification | LST-1182 |
| Honors & awards | Two battle stars |
| Fate | Disposed of in support of fleet training exercise, 15 September 2014 |
| General characteristics as built | |
| Class & type | Newport-class tank landing ship |
| Displacement | |
| Length | |
| Beam | 69 ft 6 in (21.2 m) |
| Draft | 17 ft 6 in (5.3 m) max |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 22 knots (41 km/h; 25 mph) max |
| Range | 2,500 nmi (4,600 km; 2,900 mi) at 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph) |
| Troops | 431 max |
| Complement | 213 |
| Sensors & processing systems |
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| Armament | 2 × twin 3"/50 caliber guns |
| Aviation facilities | Helicopter deck |
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USS Fresno (LST-1182) was the fourth tank landing ship (LST) of the Newport class. Fresno was named for a county in California. The vessel was constructed by the National Steel and Shipbuilding Company in San Diego, California and launched in 1968. The ship entered service in 1969 and was assigned to the United States Pacific Fleet, taking part in training along the west coast and operational cruises to the western Pacific, taking part in the Vietnam War. Fresno was decommissioned in 1993 and laid up. The LST was nearly sold to Peru but remained in the U.S. inventory until 2014, when Fresno was sunk as a target ship in the Pacific Ocean during a training exercise off Guam.