Talbot County-class tank landing ship

Class overview
USS Talbot County (LST-1153)
Name:	Talbot County-class tank landing ship
Builders:	Boston Navy Yard
Operators:	United States Navy
Preceded by:	LST(2)
Succeeded by:	Terrebonne Parish class
Built:	1945-1947
In commission:	1946-1970
Completed:	2
Cancelled:	1
Scrapped:	2
General characteristics ^[1]
Type:	Tank landing ship
Displacement:	6,000 long tons (6,096 t)
Length:	328 ft (100 m)
Beam:	54 ft (16 m)
Draft:	14 ft 5 in (4.39 m)
Propulsion:	2 × 450 psi Babcock & Wilcox boilers 2 × Geared turbines (Westinghouse forward, General Electric aft)
Speed:	14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph)
Troops:	197
Complement:	190
Armament:	2 × single 5"/38 caliber guns 2 × twin 40 mm AA guns 2 × single 20 mm AA guns

The Talbot County class of tank landing ships was a two-ship class of ships of the United States Navy. They were the only steam-powered LSTs built.^[2]

Ships

↑ "Tank Landing Ship LST-1153 Talbot County". navsource.org. 2011. Retrieved 14 November 2012.
↑ "LST-1153 Talbot County". globalsecurity.org. 2012. Retrieved 14 November 2012.

Talbot County-class tank landing ships

LST-1153 / Talbot County LST-1154 / Tallahatchie County LST-1155 cancelled

Preceded by: LST-542 class Followed by: Terrebonne Parish class

List of United States Navy LSTs List of United States Navy amphibious warfare ships

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