USS Terrebonne Parish
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| United States | |
| Name | USS Terrebonne Parish (LST-1156) |
| Namesake | Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana |
| Builder | Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine |
| Laid down | 2 January 1952 |
| Launched | 9 August 1952 |
| Sponsored by | Miss Anne L. McCrea |
| Commissioned | 21 November 1952 |
| Decommissioned | 29 October 1971 |
| Renamed | From USS LST-1156 to USS Terrebonne Parish 1 July 1955 |
| Stricken | 1 November 1976 |
| Nickname(s) | "T-Bone" |
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| Spain | |
| Name | Velasco (L-11) |
| Namesake | Luis Vicente de Velasco (1711–1762), Spanish naval commander |
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| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Terrebonne Parish-class tank landing ship |
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| Length | 384 ft 0 in (117.04 m) |
| Beam | 55 ft 0 in (16.76 m) |
| Draft | 17 ft 0 in (5.18 m) |
| Installed power | 6,000 shaft horsepower (4.48 megawatts) |
| Propulsion | Four General Motors 16-278A diesel engines, two controllable-pitch propellers |
| Speed | 14 knots |
| Boats & landing craft carried | Three LCVPs, one LCPL |
| Troops | 395 (15 officers and 380 enlisted men) |
| Complement | 205 (16 officers and 189 enlisted men) |
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USS Terrebonne Parish (LST-1156), originally USS LST-1156, affectionately nicknamed the "T-Bone" by her early crew, was a Terrebonne Parish-class tank landing ship built for the United States Navy in 1952. The lead ship in her class, she was named for Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana, the only U.S. Navy vessel to bear the name. The ship was transferred to Spain in 1971 and renamed Velasco (L-11). She was scrapped in 1994.